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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
10-23-2015, 01:35 AM
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Wishful thinking time maybe but...
Looks to me as if the rear screen could be not just swivelling but a completely removable touchscreen, and connected wirelessly.
It looks like a sort of cradle behind the screen itself, into which it can snap in and out.
There are no obvious wires to the body from the screen (sure, it's a mock-up, but doesn't look easy to make a robust connection with that 'metal legs' design). So wireless.
If it's to be a fully removable control pad then it needs to be a touch screen.
If removable, it would need battery power. Would be kinda cool if it were completely sealed and charged wirelessly (magnetic induction) whenever it's on the body.
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Forum: Pentax K-01
06-15-2014, 10:43 AM
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Best to rule out battery issues first surely. The fact that video works does NOT rule it out! Can't explain it, but on mine at least a battery swap cured it instantly.
Just order a cheap DSTE (or similar clone) battery and charger - cost me just £11.99 (IIRC, in UK) for two batteries and a charger via ebay. Then if the camera works with the new battery (as mine did), it is the old battery that is the problem. The old battery didn't work (i.e. same prob - shut down on pics, OK on vids) even when charged on the DTSE charger, and the DTSE batteries worked fine after being topped up by the original Pentax charger, so a problem with the original Pentax charger was also ruled out.
Ah - just thought I'd best check - looks like the price for DTSE batteries has gone up a bit (or it was listed super cheap when i got mine!). Now £16.50 on UK ebay for two batteries plus charger: e.g.
DSTE 2pcs D-LI90 Battery + Charger for Pentax D-LI90 K3 K5 K7 645D Camera new | eBay
Still not bad IMO, sure similar deals are available on US Ebay and elsewhere.
Getting the new batteries and charger meant I could definitely locate the problem (so no quibbles at all from the supplier about replacing the original battery), didn't have to send the cam away (so could start using it again as soon as the new batteries arrived) and I would have wanted spare batteries anyway. Not done any proper testing but so far the cheap clone batteries seem to be about as good as the replacement Pentax battery which eventually arrived after the warranty return. Never had the problem re-appear since.
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Forum: Pentax K-01
06-13-2014, 03:24 AM
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I had exactly this, and returned the original battery under warranty. With the replacement there was no problem. It also works fine with some cheap (DSTE) clone batteries.
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Forum: Pentax K-01
01-23-2014, 10:53 AM
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FWIW, I bought two Samsung 16Gb UHS-1 cards at the same time as my K-01 (a few weeks ago) and they both work fine... they worked on the original firmware it came with (1.01 I'm pretty sure) and also after the upgrade to 1.04. Odd that it's so inconsistent between cameras.
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Forum: Pentax News and Rumors
03-17-2013, 05:54 AM
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FWIW, did anyone else notice the latest reply from Asahi Man on DPR? Talking about the K-3:
Yes,right and the specs are not to bad and very nice for the friend of video......inclusive s..v.. Dis... :-P
Swivel vertical display? Something very disturbing?
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