Pentax K-5IIs

[Beholder3]

Hi,

the makernotes:PentaxModelID for a K-5IIs is currently "Unknown (0x12f71)".

For this model a number of other metadata also is unknown. I will work my way through and report later.

Open unknown items:

   
• AFPointSelected
• AFPointsInFocus
• ShakeReduction

[Phil Harvey]

SWEEET!!  I'm excited to see this new Pentax camera.

Thanks!

- Phil

Edit:  I downloaded some samples from the Pentax web site and both the K-5 II and K-5 II s have ID's 0x12f70 -- where did you get your sample?

[Beholder3]

From picture files out of the camera that lies on my table here (since lunch time) ...

ShakeReduction:

SR off: (no change = 4)
SR on: Unknown 135

AFPointSelected:

My reference positions (the letters are for the AF sensors:
-BCD-
AEFGK
-HIJ-

If in "Select AF Point" Mode:

A : 4/0
B : 1/0
C : 2/0
D : 3/0
E : 5/0
F : 6/0
G : 7/0
H : 9/0
I : 10/0
J : 11/0
K : 8/0

If "Fixed Center" is selected: 65534/0

If Auto 5 or Auto 11 is selected: 65535/0

[Phil Harvey]

Nice.  I'm envious.

Thanks for the information!

I've added the new ShakeReduction value.

It seems that the AFPointSelected is the same as the current decoding except that there are 2 numbers and the 2nd is always 0.  I will add support for this.

These changes will appear in ExifTool 9.04

- Phil

[Beholder3]

The AFPointsInFocus is difficult. Sometimes there is a known value, e.g. "bottom", sometimes "Unknown (21)" and "Unknown (34)".

[Phil Harvey]

Also it seems as if the level sensor information is different (LevelOrientation, PitchAngle, RollAngle).

- Phil

[Beholder3]

Also it seems as if the level sensor information is different (LevelOrientation, PitchAngle, RollAngle).

- Phil

No. Not on my cam. All three seem perfectly fine as far as I can see with v9.03.

[Phil Harvey]

This is great news, thanks for checking.  This is one drawback of downloading pre-production samples from the manufacturer's web site -- often the metadata isn't finalized yet.  (As we already saw for the incorrect PentaxModelID in the K-5IIs images)

- Phil

[Beholder3]

I can offer a load of comparative shot DNGs (4 K-5 shots and 6 K-5IIs ones) so you can check the metadata and more (beware this is 220 MB):

PENTAX-K-5-II-s---50mm-F4----ISO-80.DNG
PENTAX-K-5-II-s---50mm-F5-6----ISO-80.DNG
PENTAX-K-5-II-s---50mm-F8----ISO-80.DNG
PENTAX-K-5-II-s---50mm-F11----ISO-80.DNG
PENTAX-K-5-II-s---50mm-F16----ISO-80.DNG
PENTAX-K-5-II-s---50mm-F22----ISO-80.DNG
PENTAX-K-5---50mm-F4----ISO-80.DNG
PENTAX-K-5---50mm-F5-6----ISO-80.DNG
PENTAX-K-5---50mm-F8----ISO-80.DNG
PENTAX-K-5---50mm-F11----ISO-80.DNG

More as a little personal joke aside I also have a K-5IIs JPG shot from this morning:
http://www.pic-upload.de/view-16633100/Queens-Mug.jpg.html

[Phil Harvey]

Thanks!!  I was going to give you some time to play with your new toy before I asked for some samples.

I'll download them Monday when I'm back on a fast internet connection.

- Phil

[Phil Harvey]

I was passing by work so I dropped in to download these files.  Unfortunately, the host you use seems to require installation of a download manager, which: 1) I don't think they have a Mac version, and 2) I wouldn't install anyway.

If you could possibly email me one DNG and one JPG sample that would be great.  My mail is philharvey66 at gmail.com

- Phil

[Beholder3]

Sorry for that. Firefox under Windows needs no software install - its just a simple download. I am totally with you that this would be no path forward.

I'll check if I have a mail account which can handle this amount of data.

[Phil Harvey]

I just tried Firefox too (on the Mac).  When I wait for the timer to allow the free download, then clicking on any of the download buttons just downloads iLividSetup.exe

But thanks, I got the 2 files you sent in the mail!

- Phil

[Beholder3]

More info on the AFPointSelected:
The second number switches from 0 to 1 if focus mode is AF.C and AFPointMode is Select and extended tracking focus points are enabled in the settings.

And some Info on AFPointsInFocus:
22 = center, center
21= mid-left, center (position E in my post above)

mid-right, center  is unchanged
upper-left, top is unchanged
bottom, center is unchanged

As a little area for improvement an feature request I would suggest you apply a more constant naming convention. Sometimes you first name the row then the column and sometimes its column first then row...

[Phil Harvey]

More info on the AFPointSelected:
The second number switches from 0 to 1 if focus mode is AF.C and AFPointMode is Select and extended tracking focus points are enabled in the settings.

Thanks.  For now I have noted this as a comment in the code until we can figure out what to call this.

And some Info on AFPointsInFocus:
22 = center, center
21= mid-left, center (position E in my post above)

I don't understand your "Center, Center".  For this tag, there may be 2 points in focus, but "Center" can't be in focus twice:

22 = Center (1 point in focus) ?
21 = Mid-left, Center (2 points in focus) ?

Also, in the DNG sample you mailed me there was a value of 34 here, so there are more missing values.

As a little area for improvement an feature request I would suggest you apply a more constant naming convention. Sometimes you first name the row then the column and sometimes its column first then row...

I don't understand this either.  Isn't the row always listed first?  Maybe there is confusion for AFPointsInFocus there are 2 points in focus for some of these values.

- Phil