It's a normal function of the camera. Change the custom function to make it behave normally, (though for some reason Pentax thinks what's it's doing should be normal),
Gonz wrote: > Sorry to hear that skye. Geesh, now you have me worried about sending > my K100D to them. Its got a screwed up DOF preview function. If I > turn the on switch to the DOF position, instead of showing me the DOF > by stopping down the lens, it just takes a picture like the shutter > button would. I wonder what they would do to the camera if I sent it > back for *that*.... > > gonz > > On 9/14/07, skye pdml <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> here you go - thought you guys would like to read an email I sent off >> tonight to Phil Kerswill who's a manager in the Product Support Dept. >> (BTW I've been giving Phil a hard time for hanging onto my camera for >> 6 weeks, so you'll have to read around the sarcasm a little bit) >> >> >> Dear Phil, >> >> Please contact me at your earliest convenience and walk me through >> what I need to do in order to get a working k10D out of Pentax. I hope >> I do not need to add that I don't wish to wait another 6 weeks for >> this miracle to happen. >> >> My K10D was delivered into my hands today (Friday) and I consider it >> now to be in worse shape than it was when I mailed it to you 6 weeks >> ago. >> >> When I mailed it to you 6 weeks ago, the body was in perfect working >> order, except for the flash which was in 100% non-working condition. >> >> When I plugged the battery back in tonight, it was in JPG mode so I >> switched back to DNG mode, turned off the beep, and exited the menu. >> "That's odd," I said to myself, "it says RAW+ on the top display." I >> turned the menu back on but it said "raw dng" and when I looked at the >> top display it said "RAW." I thought I was imagining things. I took a >> few photos. I deleted the photos. >> >> I switched off the camera. The top display showed the number of frames >> left. That's weird, it's never done that before. I switched it on. The >> battery display appeared and the number of frames disappeared. The >> shutter release would not work. I finally pulled out the battery and >> put it back in. Everything reset itself back to beeping and JPG mode. >> I reset the camera to DNG and non-beeping mode. I looked at the top >> display. It reported "RAW+" again and a smaller number of frames >> number. I shook the camera. It beeped and went back to displaying RAW >> and a larger number of frames. I turned the camera off, cautiously. >> The top display went blank (as it's supposed to). >> >> Words cannot adequately express to you how I feel - suffice it to say >> that I actually went and checked my receipt to make sure you had >> returned the correct camera. Pentax has taken my camera which was >> reliably working except for the flash which was dependably not >> working, and it has turned it into a camera which might or might not >> work at any given moment. >> >> That's just... great. >> >> --skye >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> >> > > -- Remember, it’s pillage then burn. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
