http://www.pktether.com/
Full tethering with the K-7/K-5/etc is completely available though pk_tether is at best beta quality software. With the K-01/K-30 on they seemed to have changed the firmware enough that this hack no longer works. On Sun, Oct 6, 2013 at 7:18 PM, Bruce Walker <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, Oct 6, 2013 at 6:53 PM, Bill <[email protected]> wrote: >> On 06/10/2013 9:05 AM, Darren Addy wrote: >>> >>> The Flucard mention is interesting. (Aside: Whoever named that product >>> could not have been aware of what Flu means in English). It appears >>> that Pentax has made good on their desire to use a 3rd party to handle >>> tethering, etc. People for whom the features are important can buy the >>> related apps (geo-tagging photos also) >>> >>> >> The tethering thing is something I don't get. The K5, and I am sure the >> K5II, as well as the K7 and K20 before this were fully capable of tethering. >> The camera supports it already. All Pentax needs to do is implement it with >> some software. >> Tethering to a smart phone would be cool though. > > Tethering in the "studio" sense is missing: you cannot download images > to a previewing screen (eg Lightroom) like you can with all MF cameras > (Hassy, Phase One) and many FF's (Nikon, Canon). > > Tethering in terms of remote control of shutter and other features, is > available, yes. > > Image-download tethering is a highly desirable feature. I've tried to > do it with an Eye-Fi SD card but it's just too slow. I'd love to hear > that the Asian Flu card works. > > -- > -bmw > > -- > 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.
