Hi Michael, The exact same thing happened to mine. I took it in to my dealer who took sent it back to Pentax Germany for repair. Took about 4 weeks for the whole round trip. On the plus side I did not fork out a cent and my dealer loaned me a replacement K10D while mine was out of action.
The factory repair report showed that they had to replace a board to effect the repair. Regards Patrick On 3/29/07, Michael Chan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My K10D malfunctioned and required factory repair. I'll document the > problem here in case other people have a similar issue and will know > what they might expect regarding turnaround, mitigation, and results. > > When the built-in flash was raised, AF ceased functioning and the > shutter would not release, even in MF with confirmation of focus. > Using different lenses did not matter. The flash did not appear to > charge, as the indicator was showing not ready (bad cap, maybe). > Burst flash AF assist did not function either. Battery tested as > okay. No other problems were apparent, and the camera functioned > properly in non-flash mode or with an external flash. To the best of > my knowledge, the malfunction is not impact/fluid-related. The body > has been in use since December 2006. I'm not sure about the number > of exposures so far, but I'd guess ~5000. > > I paid for 2nd day shipping each way to Pentax (Colorado?) from > Oregon on March 23rd; Pentax does not cover shipping. Bob at the > camera shop (Citizen's Photo of Portland; nice guys, good shop) said > this is the first manufacturer's defect he has had on a K10D to > date. In his recent experience, he said Pentax has been requiring > approximately 10 business days turnaround. I'm glad I never got > around to selling my DL. > > Best regards, > > Michael Chan > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- Regards Patrick Genovese -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
