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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors 07-29-2022, 10:33 AM  
Pentax Club House to open in Yotsuya, Tokyo
Posted By Snakeisthestuff
Replies: 152
Views: 15,805
Thanks for the insights on that event. So there were no new product announcements beside that special K-70 and some merch.

I wonder what happened to that wide angle large aperture DFA star lens on the road map.
I guess I settle for the FA 31mm limited then...
Forum: General Photography 07-25-2022, 02:21 AM  
Where to find Pentax in Japanese camera stores in 2022
Posted By Snakeisthestuff
Replies: 19
Views: 3,009
No worries, as I said this post is very appreciated and I deeply understand that you only know those visa restrictions if you actually try to get into Japan.

I too will soon be able to visit Japan with a family visa and therefore had a LOT to learn about entry procedures (My SoS App for Fast Track etc.).

Your comment on hygiene in Japan is mainly true but better not start counting how many man wash their hands after using the public toilette (especially at train stations) you might rethink your statement xD.
Forum: General Photography 07-25-2022, 12:02 AM  
Where to find Pentax in Japanese camera stores in 2022
Posted By Snakeisthestuff
Replies: 19
Views: 3,009
Hi JPT,

this thread is a good idea and thanks for the insight on the current situation in Japan.
It is good to see that the yodobashi flagship stores still carry Pentax products!

But you might want to clarify that statement to avoid false expectations for those planing to visit Japan as tourist:



You might not know this as you are not having those issues living in Japan but the current situation for tourists is far from normal and might change soonest in September as I read recently at Asahi Shinbun.

The tourist visa waiver programs are still on hold and there is still no possibility to apply for an individual tourist visa as of July 25th 2022. You can apply for a rare opportunity of an guided tour tourist visa. But in this case you are not allowed to leave the group and therefore wont be able to go to those stores by your own.

IMHO I strongly recommend for all people who go there for tourism to wait till 2023.
It is expensive (mandetaroy PCR-test etc.) and takes a lot of effort because of the corona regulations in place.

Also keep in mind that Japan is about half to one year back in progress on getting back to normal.
You cannot compare it to the situation in US / Europe so they are still more afraid as we are, most people use masks outdoors even if it was relaxed recently and you are expected to do the same (at crowded places etc.).

You can get information about visa application at the Japanese Embassy, here the link for the US based embassy:
https://www.us.emb-japan.go.jp/itpr_en/travel_and_visa.html
Forum: Pentax SLR Lens Discussion 10-29-2021, 04:31 AM  
New video about old Limited
Posted By Snakeisthestuff
Replies: 32
Views: 2,425
Without watching the whole video yet, he clearly states for him the 31mm is his standard lens. So actually he says he is a wide angle kind of guy and thats the perfect lens for him.
Forum: Pentax News and Rumors 10-14-2021, 11:53 PM  
DFA 21 f/2.4 Limited
Posted By Snakeisthestuff
Replies: 203
Views: 15,682
Looks promising, filling a gap in the lineup and playing the strength of the position of the FF cameras (landscape).

Just a little sad to see that now the last bastion of nostalgic backwards compatible lens line has switched to KAF4 mount and therefore cannot be enjoyed on all our older Pentax cameras.
On the other hand this makes the old FA Limited line more attractive for people who still use older Pentax bodies besides the new one and like to share their lenses between those.
Forum: Video Recording and Processing 05-19-2021, 02:04 PM  
No 25p or 50p for European video users?
Posted By Snakeisthestuff
Replies: 23
Views: 3,521
Interesting find, the German manual does not mention 25 / 50 fps in the manual either.
The 25 / 50 FPS video options are not only relevant for broadcasting but even more for filming light sources powered by the German power grid. As we are using a power frequency of 50hz filming these light sources with 30 / 60 fps will cause flickering of these light sources.

You should direct that question to the Ricoh / Pentax through their official website.
I can only hope that this only an oversight in the manual. Have you tried to switch the region in the camera to your country?
Otherwise this looks like an unfinished firmware..
Forum: Pentax K-70 & KF 02-19-2021, 06:21 AM  
Shutter stuck
Posted By Snakeisthestuff
Replies: 13
Views: 2,955
I have a stuck shutter on my K-1 very regularly.
It has a different construction though.
What I do is:
- turn camera on
- turn live view on (picture stays dark due to stuck shutter)
- turn on/off live view several times
- if that did not help turn on live-view, then switch of the camera, then switch on the camera -> that usually does trick, if not try repeating.

Taking out the batterie was only necessary for me once when the whole camera was unresponsive and I was not able to turn the camera off.

Also, try with a fully charged battery / spare battery.
If you are not much over the warranty period maybe ask Pentax service if there is a chance they are still covering it?
Forum: Pentax K-70 & KF 02-19-2021, 02:23 AM  
Shutter stuck
Posted By Snakeisthestuff
Replies: 13
Views: 2,955
That is a very subjective matter and depends on your shooting style.

Some people do not even notice the dirt spots in their photos, or mainly shoot larger apertures where the dust is not visible.

Usually the problem occurs when changing lens often in dusty environments. So if you are using zoom lenses and do not change lens often or carefully only in clean environments, its more unlikely to get dust on the sensor.
If you prefer primes and therefore change lenses more often and are a little sloppy while doing so, you will see dust more often on the sensor.

An easy way to check for dust is taking a picture of the sky at F22, and look for dark spots.
Forum: Pentax News and Rumors 08-22-2020, 10:58 AM  
Another snippet from Pentax HQ
Posted By Snakeisthestuff
Replies: 410
Views: 36,983
I hope they didn’t omit it because they want to claim the camera as being the smallest DSLR or at least very small.
They tried that somewhat with the K-1 also. But I agree there must be another more complicated reason as you suggested.

I am pretty sure they will address this decision in one of their videos.
Forum: Photographic Industry and Professionals 06-29-2020, 10:47 PM  
Pentax Aperture Block, Black Picture Problem Class Action Lawsuit
Posted By Snakeisthestuff
Replies: 559
Views: 59,104
I have that issue with my K-1 but it is the mirror who gets stuck.
I can fix it temporarily by switching to live view and the camera on and off.

The lubricant gets sticky over time and the camera seems to struggle to create enough force to move the mirror.
Forum: Pentax News and Rumors 05-31-2020, 03:02 AM  
DFA 85mm f/1.4 Now on Ricoh's Website
Posted By Snakeisthestuff
Replies: 623
Views: 37,149
Just want to clarify on the part being able to expose at f1.4 @ APS-C,it can be misunderstood as meaning you will get the light of the full 1.4 aperture on APS-C as you will not. Like you correctly stated it will be more like an aperture of 2.0 as you only get a portion of the light on the smaller APS-C sensor.

The only way to get nearly the same amount of light from a FF lens on an APS-C body would be a metabones speed booster afaik.
Forum: Pentax News and Rumors 05-16-2020, 01:38 AM  
D FA 21 Limited is one of the three.
Posted By Snakeisthestuff
Replies: 1,748
Views: 145,943
As they make clear in the video that one main focus in development of the lens was smooth bokeh in close range and 3D like subject isolation plus that this lens is mentioned to be a lens for snapshots (beside landscape) I would guess it will be more in the F2.0 range.

Otherwise it will be rather difficult to produce subject isolation with a ultra wide lens like this?
Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II 11-23-2019, 06:30 AM  
K-1 aperture block??
Posted By Snakeisthestuff
Replies: 33
Views: 6,270
I talked to a pentax rep today. He said it is a known issue of the lubricant of the mirror. If the camera is not used for some time it becomes sticky.
It is similar to the aperture block issue of the K-50 but that was of course a much worse problem. The K-1 problem seems to affects only a few people it seems. I told him I believe another thing adding up might be the battery which is going bad, so there might be a problem to create enough force to move the sticky mirror on the first try.

I asked him if it would make sense to send the camera in to get it fixed but he seemed rather pessimistic on that :(.
Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II 11-17-2019, 02:41 AM  
K-1 aperture block??
Posted By Snakeisthestuff
Replies: 33
Views: 6,270
Short update on my situation. So it got a little worse with now almost every time I pick the camera up the first frame will be black because of the mirror not opening. So I got the routine to try live-view after switching the camera on to see if the mirror is stuck. If the picture is black I switch live-view on / off for several times which usually brings the mirror back in position. Then it works until I put the camera to rest for some time. When it kind a freezes, which happens very seldom, I take the battery out and back in and that fixes it.

I heard that this whole problem might be connected to faulty / low voltage of batteries. I have the feeling that might be true as I noticed it is happening more frequently with one of my two batteries. That batterie also is drained faster as the other one. Both are genuine Pentax brand batteries bought with my K-1.
It could be that there is somehow not enough power to move the mirror up at some point, maybe because of friction between the moving parts, like cold motor oil vs warm motor oil, to get a car reference.
After that friction has cleared it works until it sits for a while and the friction builds up again.
Forum: Pentax News and Rumors 10-21-2019, 09:26 AM  
Now available in Europe: O-HC171 (Anniversary Hotshoe Cover)
Posted By Snakeisthestuff
Replies: 131
Views: 9,818
Big thanks, was waiting for this and ordered mine.

Now I need to decide if I put it on my K10D in the shelf or on the K-1 with the risk of losing it outdoors xD.
Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II 08-12-2019, 03:19 AM  
Grip creaking (near IR sensor)
Posted By Snakeisthestuff
Replies: 74
Views: 11,403
I noticed I got a creaking sound when pushing the SD-card door, which happens if you have a firm grip around the camera.
I wonder if anyone else noticed that.
Forum: Pentax News and Rumors 03-04-2019, 04:05 AM  
Just another CP+ report [pics included]
Posted By Snakeisthestuff
Replies: 142
Views: 14,989
This year I was again able to attend cp+ on its last day (Sunday). As I knew for me there were no exciting announcements this year I could enjoy it more casually and relaxed.



I queued to try the GR III but thats no camera for me so cannot comment on that much. The touch screen is a welcome addition because it tickles down to other cameras even though focus via touch feels laggy atm.
Then I was caught by a staff member which was presenting a new 2.5D printing technique by Ricoh. They use a 3D-printer technique to give depth to a picture, even make it look like a real painting. They said their biggest picture, which they printed yet, took about 4 hours to print. The actual printer is industrial size (3 meters) atm, it is still a prototype and no price for an actual print decided yet. The actual depth for printing the 2D photo is calculated partly by algorithm and partly manually adjusted.

There are other companies using a similar technique but Ricoh is better in providing a smoother surface on the printing. The pictures looked very good, I can imagine many people buying these kind of pictures.


I got to try the new 11-18mm DA* Zoom and surprisingly it nicely covers the FF circle at 18mm. On lower focal length the black edges start to occur and you need to crop that out, at 11mm it is pretty severe. I also tried the new 35mm, it is a nice lens but comes with all the drawbacks such old lenses have, longitudinal CA, hexagonal bokeh balls, AF not so fast, no WR.





Here the zoom at 18mm FF @F9:


Here on 11mm FF @F9:


Then like JPT I stumbled over the guys with the factory custom made KP. They really enjoyed there time there and we talked and laughed a lot (so I greatly enjoyed it too). So they are enhancing several points on the KP. They have a special black coating on the lens mount which is harder and smoother than the original coating and is used originally by a famous Japanese watchmaker (I think it was Seiko). They havedifferent body colors and a flash top which is attached via the hot shoe. If you want to use a flash on the hot shoe you have to remove it therefore. Then there are the custom grips. They showed me one which was walnut and said its the same material Lexus uses for their steering wheels.
They have also a collaboration with a famous Japanese photographer and will preprogram the user-settings on the camera with that photographers preferred settings. They can use Ricoh’sresources which helps them a lot , so you might also be able to order it from the official website later I guess.
No words on pricing yet because its still in development. They will over it first in Japan and later on overseas (I complained a little that overseas people are eager to get these options too and always are second in line ;)).
Interesting fact, there were two people presenting the custom KP, one is an engineer and the other a designer.The designer told me that he designed the K-30 and the custom flash cover for the KP also inherits this long shape of the flash housing of the K-30.
Here the two guys, the left one is the designer and the one on the right the engineer. They were very commited to their customizations and gladly discussing any comments I made.





Also I saw a new Pentax baseball cap (black with big grey stitched Pentax) at the booth, these were design samples and will be probably available later this year.
At 2pm there was a presentation on the future development on Pentax products hosted in an interview style. They said the 85mm will be available next year. In fact they said that on all lenses on the roadmap xD (the 70-200F4, the large aperture wide DA*, the DA wide zoom and DFA superzoom). The interview guy also noted that the release date of the 70-200mm F4 changed from “spring 2019” to “2019 or later“. It was confirmed there were issues delaying the release of this lens.
I think they also hinted on a new camera for the 100th year release which might be the K-3 successor.

Just to increase the painful wait on the 85mm:
Forum: Pentax News and Rumors 01-31-2019, 02:23 AM  
11-18 and revamped 35mm F2 on january 31?
Posted By Snakeisthestuff
Replies: 1,044
Views: 89,820
"New" full frame prime without WR is disappointing. Should be really mandatory by now. Feels like the DA Limited rerelease some years ago.
So still waiting for the wide star lens on the roadmap, hopfully this release does not postpone it until 2020 or later ...
Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II 11-04-2018, 11:43 AM  
K-1 aperture block??
Posted By Snakeisthestuff
Replies: 33
Views: 6,270
Short update on my issues:
Ok so I know now for sure that my problem is the mirror who got stuck occasionally.

I had it acting worse today, freezing the camera on the first shot while being black in the viewfinder. Removing battery, putting it back in and turning on the camera the first thing I heard was the mirror switching down.
Then the camera was working as usual.

I am almost half a year out of warranty. I will try to contact ricoh on this issue but not so much hope they will fix it for free...
Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II 10-20-2018, 11:11 AM  
K-1 aperture block??
Posted By Snakeisthestuff
Replies: 33
Views: 6,270
My K-1 developed the same problem. It started occusionally producing a completly dark first picture after the camera was in sleep mode or turned off. Now it does it for every first shot after some time in sleep mode or being turned off.

It happens on two different batteries and two different SD-cards so I think I can rule this out.
It seems like the shutter somehow does not open in time for the first shot, after that every picture is ok. Its just damn annoying because in some instances at the second shot the moment I want to capture is gone...

I wonder if thats an electronic problem.

I bought my K-1 very early (probably first batches) and took alot of pictures since then.[COLOR="Silver"]

---------- Post added 10-20-18 at 11:16 AM ----------


There is also another guy at the K-1 Facebook group who seems to have the same issues.
Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II 07-26-2018, 10:42 AM  
Rolling shutter effect when using electronic shutter
Posted By Snakeisthestuff
Replies: 10
Views: 2,531
The thing is, you want to use ES to avoid shutter shock, which in my experience can occur below 1/400 shutter speeds and therefore you need to be extra carefull and should always shoot also without ES as backup, in case you did not notice any issues while reviewing on the camera.

I had problems with a 135mm lens handheld, thats when I learned that lesson ;).
Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II 07-01-2018, 05:33 AM  
K-1 issue with green button on auto mode of old lenses
Posted By Snakeisthestuff
Replies: 23
Views: 1,906
I am really sorry, I think my false memories plus the sound of the lever fooled me in thinking it worked.

Thanks everyone for your help especially @not a number, i learned a lot.
Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II 07-01-2018, 04:50 AM  
K-1 issue with green button on auto mode of old lenses
Posted By Snakeisthestuff
Replies: 23
Views: 1,906
Ok guys, I have to apologize!

I checked this today again and even though the camera makes this noise, which I always associated with aperture closing, it does not move the diaphragm.

I guess I got fooled by the noise from that motor or spring load or whatever.
Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II 07-01-2018, 03:29 AM  
K-1 issue with green button on auto mode of old lenses
Posted By Snakeisthestuff
Replies: 23
Views: 1,906
Yes it does xD.
As already told, I have confirmed this with my K10D already.
When I press the green button there I hear and see the aperture closing temporarily for correct metering.
My K-1 on the other hand does not do this while using the same lens with same adapter.

FYI: The genuine pentax m42 to K adapters are still for sale in Japan, where I got mine.
Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II 06-30-2018, 08:13 AM  
K-1 issue with green button on auto mode of old lenses
Posted By Snakeisthestuff
Replies: 23
Views: 1,906
I noticed my old m42 Takumar lenses will not set the correct aperture while having the lens switch on "auto" und pressing the green button for metering.
This works with my old K-10D and I was always wondering why it is not working with my K-1, anyone else noticed that? Is this maybe just a setting or ist the K-1 missing something here which the older cameras had?


I just recently tried this with my SMC Takumar 135mm F3.5 using the genuine Pentax m42 to K adapter.
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