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Hacking Pentax Debug mode

Started Feb 24, 2019 | Discussions thread
DougOB
DougOB Veteran Member • Posts: 3,176
Re: Hacking Pentax Debug mode
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flektogon wrote:

DougOB wrote:

flektogon wrote:

DougOB wrote:

bootcoder wrote:

DougOB wrote:

Do you have how to enter debug mode for a KP?

Use files from dbmode.zip that I provided in another post, but rename file 00078400.597 to 00078380.581. Good luck!

Thanks. By any chance is the filename dependent on firmware version?

Doug

Doug, what good is it for? I can't imagine what I would need to change in my camera(s). Maybe, if I had one of those lenses with failing SDM. But then I would prefer to disable the SDM "presence" in the lens itself, not in the camera.

Been there, done that. To disable the SDM in the lens you must put the camera in debug mode so that you can download, modify then upload the lens bios info. At the time I needed to borrow an older K-5 to do it since I couldn't get my newer cameras into debug mode.

I can't remember what else is there, but it might be worth a look.

Doug

Oh, so I nailed it. And which lens did you need to "fix"? Have you succeeded?

My one and only SDM lens - the DA* 50-135 after its second SDM failure.  It works perfectly fine now.  It is one of those special lenses worth the effort!

Doug

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