There's a bug in it somewhere. Sometimes it works okay for a day or so, but then suddenly, when I power it on, the date/time screen appears. When it happens it's reset itself to 01/01/2003 and 00:00. If it were my MZ-S I wouldn't mind since I don't like the date/time imprinted on the negative. But with the *istD the information is stored in the file, but not printed unless I ask for it. Like I say, sometimes it works for a day or so, but more often it happens each time the camera is powered on. Replacing the backup battery was no help. I'm hoping for a replacement rather than a repair, since it came out of the box this way and it's less than 2 weeks old now.
Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Eriksson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, October 24, 2003 10:02 PM Subject: Re: Off to Virginia, again. > Bill, > > I know it sounds stupid but did you turn the camera off before you took out > the batteries? If not the cameras date & time is reset. > > /Paul > > > >From: "Bill Owens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To: "PDML" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: Off to Virginia, again. > >Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2003 21:50:31 -0400 > > > >We'll be taking the father-in-law home tomorrow after a 2 week stay. > >Hopefully the fall colors will be better this weekend than last. > > > >Monday the *istD goes to Pentax Colorado for, hopefully, a replacement. > >The > >intermittent date/time problem is still there, and for that kind of money I > >think a replacement is in order. The problem showed up on the day I > >received it. > > > >Bill > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Concerned that messages may bounce because your Hotmail account has exceeded > its 2MB storage limit? Get Hotmail Extra Storage! > http://join.msn.com/?PAGE=features/es > >
