Lines in Raw images from K10 I purchased a Pentax K10 a few weeks ago. Overall, I have enjoyed it. However, while shooting in RAW, about half of the images (once downloaded) have a horizontal line (black, red, or cyan). Has anyone else experienced this? Is it a flaw in the camera? Lines in Raw images from K10 I purchased a Pentax K10 a few weeks ago. Overall, I have enjoyed it. However, while shooting in RAW, about half of the images (once downloaded) have a horizontal line... » Read More Lines in Raw images from K10 I purchased a Pentax K10 a few weeks ago. Overall, I have enjoyed it. However, while shooting in RAW, about half of the images (once downloaded) have a horizontal line (black, red, or cyan). Has anyone else experienced this? Is it a flaw in the camera? « Show Less
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Mine did that, and it turned out to be the memory card reader. I bought a newer one, and the lines went away. :)
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Hi, problem probably came from the flash memory card, you may try with different one (fast one like San Disk Ultra II or Extreme III). If you still get banding on images, then it's the camera, you should return it or exchange for another one.
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I am very happy with the Pentax K50, I bought it because it was in my budget. It works very well and has excellent performance. The K3 is better, faster and more resolution, but with the K50 have enough for what I want. If you have the money for the K3, buy, worth it.
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I am using the bright mode exclusively on my Samsung GX10 (identical to Pentax K10D) and I am having a very hard time to achieve a similarly good sharpness and detail from DNG files in Lightroom or Bibble (only RawTherapee provides a significant improvement). In my experience there is absolutely nothing wrong with these JPEGs. This story is a quite unfortunate hoax.The one thing slightly distracting about the GX10 is that the light metering gets easily distracted by small bright spots requiring to check the exposure often ( the images are easily rescued in RAW on the other hand). I am using the bright mode exclusively on my Samsung GX10 (identical to Pentax K10D) and I am having a very hard time to achieve a similarly good sharpness and detail from DNG files in Lightroom or Bibble (only RawTherapee provides a significant improvement). In my experience there is absolutely nothing wrong with these JPEGs. This story is a quite unfortunate hoax.The one thing slightly distracting about the GX10 is that the light metering gets easily distracted by small bright spots requiring to check the exposure often ( the images are easily rescued in RAW on the other hand).
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I would check your black and white print quality setting. When I had one of these, the lowest quality print setting would leave horizontal lines. The middle settings worked better. Another option that you might enjoy would be to smash your printer to pieces with the largest blunt instrument that you can find, because this is the worst printer of all time. Option 1 is easy and just takes a few mouse clicks; Option 2 involves cleanup and safety goggles. Best of luck to you on either option.
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Thanks. Pentax like Sony has in-cmaera stabilization. the lens is available for Pentax, so I wonder about stabilization problems.
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Serious photographers shoot RAW, but most people just use JPEG because it is much easier, no post processing. I am glad to hear of the bright mode (in automatic I always shoot JPEG, in manual modes I always shoot RAW or lossless compressed pics).Overall the comments in this thread ease my fears of dpreview's complaint about JPEG quality. This is definitely my next camera.
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Thanks so much . . . a bit un-unnerving coming from you about the exposures on theHX1 . . . yes, black hair vs.brown,exactly . . . and this can really kill a picture . . . I was hoping something could be done . . . but, I really appreciate your time and I hope your issues are resolved too!
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Just facing a major repair issues with this camera, it is about 2 yrs old. But if you are an amateur or pro shooter who go through thousands of photos a month, this could have come sooner in 3-6 months. My use of this camera has not been as heavy as my previous K5 in the same frame of time. Just a thought, how has your camera done since your Jan 2013 purchase? I purchased mine in summer of 2013
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I was in same boat with 4 pentax lenses from my old K1000. I love my new K500, but so far none of my old lenses seem to work. All are full manual lenses, so it may depend on whether you have manual or auto lenses (have an A on aperture ring). Suggest going to Ricoh/Pentax website and download K500 owner manual. To be honest, the standard lens that comes with K500 does everything my old lenses did - and much more. Fantastic photos and gobs of features.
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Bill, not sure if the ICE doesn't work with Kodachrome, or the dmax of the V500 is just insufficient for Kodachrome. I felt my V500 wasn't up to the task regardless, so I went with a slide duplicator on my digital camera. I can pump tons of light through it...but of course I have to deal with the dust manually. ;-)Golfer, I'm not sure what they are doing on the V600, whether they're really using the IR pre-scan to identify flaws (tears, etc) in the print, or they are just "rebranding" digital ICE to include software-based flaw removal.I don't scan enough prints to make it worth finding out. Bill, not sure if the ICE doesn't work with Kodachrome, or the dmax of the V500 is just insufficient for Kodachrome. I felt my V500 wasn't up to the task regardless, so I went with a slide duplicator on my digital camera. I can pump tons of light through it...but of course I have to deal with the dust manually. ;-)Golfer, I'm not sure what they are doing on the V600, whether they're really using the IR pre-scan to identify flaws (tears, etc) in the print, or they are just "rebranding" digital ICE to include software-based flaw removal.I don't scan enough... » Read More Bill, not sure if the ICE doesn't work with Kodachrome, or the dmax of the V500 is just insufficient for Kodachrome. I felt my V500 wasn't up to the task regardless, so I went with a slide duplicator on my digital camera. I can pump tons of light through it...but of course I have to deal with the dust manually. ;-)Golfer, I'm not sure what they are doing on the V600, whether they're really using the IR pre-scan to identify flaws (tears, etc) in the print, or they are just "rebranding" digital ICE to include software-based flaw removal.I don't scan enough prints to make it worth finding out. « Show Less
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Yes that happened to me too. I thought it was a user error, but after reading reviews, it seems to happen to half the users. This camera is the worst purchase someone could make. Send it back asap with your receipt and make a copy!!! I took too long so Pentax wouldn't fix it for me. PS. I only took the camera to 10 feet.
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Ours Did!, and the local Pentax rep who presented a Pentax camera show extended the warranty for two more years (total 3 years) after we spoke to her about how happy we were with the images it produced and a concern about the manual. See my previous comments below. Great camera, love the images!
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I found it. The menu has a setting for a lens that has an aperture ring. So all I did was change the setting to "permitted" and it worked. So thanks to K. Johnson for the response and I will now put this forum to rest. What a great little camera, the Pentax Kx! And I just found out that it takes multiple exposure pictures; how much fun is that?
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I upgraded from the K-5 to the K-3. Both are excellent cameras, but the K-3 is definitely superior. Regarding lenses - I have 30 year old Pentax lens that work on the K-3 (manual mode only) as well well as more recent Pentax and Sigma lenses that work in either manual or automatic modes.
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Mine had water damage while under warranty. I send it back and they replaced with the next generation Pentax WG-1. I took a while for them to send the replacement. WG-1 version seems to hold much better. I just used it during my vacation and did not get damaged by water.
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My D40 developed a blurry line in the middle of the viewfinder after about 2 months (or maybe it just took me 2 months to notice it). It doesn't affect the photos, just the viewfinder, but it is a little annoying at times. I'm guessing it's a warp or something like that in the focusing screen. Since I take most of my photos in the Summer and Fall, I don't want to part with it for another couple of months, but after that I plan on sending it in to Nikon to have them check it out while it's still under warranty. It really hasn't been a big deal, and the camera is great in spite of it, but I would like to make sure it's not going to get worse. My D40 developed a blurry line in the middle of the viewfinder after about 2 months (or maybe it just took me 2 months to notice it). It doesn't affect the photos, just the viewfinder, but it is a little annoying at times. I'm guessing it's a warp or something like that in the focusing screen. Since I take most of my photos in the Summer and Fall, I don't want to part with it for another couple of months, but after that I plan on sending it in to Nikon to have them check it out while it's still under warranty. It really hasn't been a big deal, and the camera is great in spite of it, but I... » Read More My D40 developed a blurry line in the middle of the viewfinder after about 2 months (or maybe it just took me 2 months to notice it). It doesn't affect the photos, just the viewfinder, but it is a little annoying at times. I'm guessing it's a warp or something like that in the focusing screen. Since I take most of my photos in the Summer and Fall, I don't want to part with it for another couple of months, but after that I plan on sending it in to Nikon to have them check it out while it's still under warranty. It really hasn't been a big deal, and the camera is great in spite of it, but I would like to make sure it's not going to get worse. « Show Less
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The Pentax K-5 II exceeded my expectation. It shoots much better pictures than the K-7 that we had for three years. The quality is great though I did not particularly look for gray or non-gray market. The warranty seems like an international one. Not sure if it works in the US but the I am very happy with the quality of the camera so I am not worried. Had the camera for three months now without any problems. Very happy with my purchase.