The updated the firmware for the K-7, a now 7 year old DSLR. If you
are using a K-20D, just upgrade if you need that functionality. Why
would they even bother to support a user that refuses to upgrade over
several generations of DSLRs?

On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 3:44 PM, P.J. Alling <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 3/10/2015 3:38 PM, Mark Roberts wrote:
>>
>> P.J. Alling wrote:
>>
>>> The new collapsible 18-50mm kin lens.
>>>
>>> I keep looking at that lens thinking it's not much bigger than the 43mm
>>> limited, and it would make a great compact walking around lens on a
>>> K-5II.
>>>
>>> Here's an interesting question, the collapsible Kit lens locks the K-S2
>>> when the lens hasn't been opened to taking position, (firmware driven I
>>> expect), how far back will a firmware fix be supplied? K10D/20D pretty
>>> much not, they didn't add a fix for the 1.4x multiplier, but the K-5IIs
>>> is still current, (at least as far as Ricoh Imaging USA is concerned),
>>> will they even bother to release a firmware update for that camera?
>>>
>>> It's really annoying for a company that prides itself on it's product's
>>> backward compatibility to not upgrade still viable product's firmware.
>>> You'd think that it's just marketing hype.
>>
>> Wow. Talk about first world problems. So we're speculating that owners
>> of older Pentax cameras *might* be able to mistakenly take a photo
>> without (this particular one) lens being extended? Oh woe is me!
>>
>
> More like the general lack of support for "older" cameras in general.  Hey
> it's a third world problem too, Pentax sells big in China if you can believe
> the interviews from DB Review and Imaging Resource.
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