On Tue, Sep 08, 2009 at 08:33:20PM -0400, P. J. Alling scripsit:
> Graydon wrote:
>> On Wed, Sep 09, 2009 at 10:05:21AM +1000, MikeM scripsit:
>>> I found there is still a series of 3 bad shots on the card. The
>>> first is  completely dark, the next has a sliver of normal exposure
>>> at the top, and the 3rd has a wider sliver at the top that is
>>> correctly exposed. Does this indicate it is a blade-type problem? I
>>> checked the EXIF of the files and saw no difference.
>> That sounds more like a shutter issue than an aperture setting issue
>> in the lens.
>>
>> Anyone know if the shutter goes up and down or side to side on a
>> K10D?
>>
>> If the sliver doesn't parallel the shutter direction, it pretty much
>> has to be a sensor issue of some kind.
>>
> It's the standard vertical travel shutter.  Pentax hasn't used a
> horizontal travel shutter since the LX.

Thank you!

That leaves the described symptoms consistent with a shutter issue.

-- Graydon

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