Hi, Bruce D wrote:
> Seems odd. One of mine - bought in the retail channel from B&H had > the problem. I seriously doubt that it was a beta tester. It was > packaged and sold as new by a reputable dealer. The problem was > posted on the Pentax website with serial #'s and a way to test if your > camera was affected. This doesn't come across as being fixed before > retail production. > > Perhaps this was the case in your country handled by your importer, > but was not a worldwide case. Production models were shipped to the > US at least with this firmware problem. > > It was fixed early in production because the second MZ-S that I > purchased did not have this problem. It was purchased 4-6 months > after the first one. <pdmq> That's why I wrote "probably". I was certain that it was fixed in the European and Asian markets but not sure about worldwide. It was certainly known about well before production models began appearing anywhere. </pdmq> mike
