Rick, You're brave! I'll have to try it, but not right now. ;-) Regards, Bob S.
On Jan 29, 2008 8:50 PM, Rick Womer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Gathering my courage, I decided to address my K10D's > backfocus problem this evening. > > I found the hacked firmware 1.10 on the web, and > loaded it into the camera. Then, I replaced it with > the genuine 1.10. > > Got into "Debug mode," and with a test target under a > bright daylight-balanced fluorescent light box and the > camera on the tripod, I began shooting. > > I wound up at +130, which has things spot-on with the > 28/2.8, 50/1.7, and 50-200 (throughout its zoom > range). The 16-45 and 10-17 are a touch > front-focusing now. > > Replaced firmware 1.10 with 1.3, and everything is > jolly. The wireless flash control still works with my > Sigma EF500 DG Super, too! > > I'll leave things alone a while and see how the shots > look with time. I might back off to +110 or +120 if > the front focus on the 16-45 proves to be a problem. > > It wasn't nearly as difficult as I had thought it > might be. The whole exercise (including finding > things on the web) took about 1 1/2 h. > > If anyone wants the hacked 1.10 and the genuine > article, let me know. > > Rick > > http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. > http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
