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Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Bug Report: Repeatable K-01 Crash



Via: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxS9tszVRpA

Further to what Steve Huff found and reported last time, it seems that the K-01 is not stable enough as a production version, hardware and/or software wise. In the above case, the K-01 has become a torch with green LED light! :-o Undoubtedly, Pentax should roll out a new firmware soonest and hopefully all the reported problems could be eliminated completely - but only if those are not a hardware related issue. Otherwise, if it is just like the infamous K-r tungsten (yellow light) front focusing issue which is most likely to be a hardware design latent defect, it can never be cured via firmware update till the end of the days! >:-[

After all, I think this bug is an obvious oversight by Pentax, they just forgot that there exists some old Pentax FA* and F* glass are equipped with a quick AF/MF clutch for quick switching! Btw, I really doubt that if they ever bothered to find some old *users* (I meant real ones but not merchants!) to beta test their new cameras, or they have just roughly skipped the beta testing step and procedure! >:-(

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The problem is only with FA*200/4 macro - the same problem at K-5.
5 replies · active 681 weeks ago
The user said that he did not find problem with his Pentax 100 macro lens, which does not have an AF/MF quick clutch and thus no problem.
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Michael A. · 681 weeks ago

Sorry OGL, incorrect. I just tried (as K-01 tested) K-5 (FW1.13) & FA*200/F4 Macro few times and NO CRASH.
Michael, you're really the lucky person! :-)
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Michael A. · 681 weeks ago

Glad I'm, if this is "luck". I'm also very gentle with my gear, no smacking it around....
Me too, but my fate has often been sad with Pentax these years! >_<

Btw, I shall try with the same procedures with my FA* on my K-5 to see if I can convert the camera into a green-light LED torch! :-o
It happened with a 18-55 DA AL lens and a 16-45 f/4 DA lens too.
In my case when the camera is turned off for a period of 24hrs or more and then turned back on.
It freezes (when I try to focus) and becomes a torchlight unresponsive until battery is removed.

Don't know if this is correctable with firmware or if I should return it soon.

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