Aha! Shutter.
The K10D has a vertical-run focal-plane shutter. Off to Pentax with it! Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW --- On Tue, 9/8/09, MikeM <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > > Mike > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "MikeM" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2009 2:57 PM > Subject: K10 problem > > > > My K10 has started taking shots that are very dark > followed by some shots that are ok then there are a few that > are very dark followed by more that are ok. So far the bad > shots have all been occurring in groups of 3. I don't know > if that is just coincidence or not. In 1 group of bad shots > 2 were dark and 1 was so light it was difficult to make > anything out. > > > > A few months ago my K100 started rebooting > occasionally. Pentax quoted $549 to replace the circuit > board. Does the K10 problem sound like it could be as > serious, and expensive? > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
