Wishlist for Pentax

Posted in Discussions, Uncategorized | Wednesday, January 10th, 2007 | 6 Comments » Trackback

German Pentax users community DigitalFotoNetz collected wishes for K10D firmware updates and future Pentax cameras and lenses. Here you can download this wishlist in English (PDF).

Most wishes are directed towards solution of problems which are being widely discussed across the internet lately. Such as ability to use internal flash as wireless controller, less compression for JPEG files, 16 bit RAW and “32 sec bulb” problem.

Some wishes runs counter to the solutions already implemented by Pentax. For example, dedicated ISO button, which is unnecessary since K10D (and probably all the next Pentax DSLRs) have the special shooting modes to change the ISO settings quickly or leave it to the camera to select it automatically. Also Pentax reps stated some time ago that the image sharpness is more important for them than low noise level.

6 Responses to “Wishlist for Pentax”

  1. TC:
    January 17th, 2007 at 4:43 pm

    Just want to mention that I maintain a list of known issues with K10D firmware 1.0 here: http://blog.tc.dk/item/87

    Thought it was relevant to this post…

  2. vk:
    January 19th, 2007 at 1:05 am

    Thanks for the link, TC.

  3. nathan combs:
    February 23rd, 2007 at 7:45 pm

    1. asa 3200

    2. metal body

    3. a better flash line (more of a pro line)

    3. metal lens

    4. a K10D or K100D in a K1000 body

    5. option for a split focusing screen

    6. a better battery door for the K100D

  4. Butterworth S:
    April 29th, 2007 at 6:57 am

    AA batteries for K10d, OR AA batteries in the grip.

  5. vk:
    May 2nd, 2007 at 12:02 pm

    >> AA batteries for K10d, OR AA batteries in the grip.

    Unfortunately, it’s impossible.

  6. Ogun Caglayan Turkay:
    August 1st, 2010 at 9:39 pm

    Please use CCD sensor with 22 Bit A/D Converter Technology in new dSLR body. Thank you.

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