Christine N, I gotta ask, was the replacement battery fully charged? Charge the original and the replacement and then try this again. Any K-5 issues I've had were resolved by fully charged batteries. (Not counting the 6 AA's I used for a while in the battery grip - very weak energy source.) (Autofocus with the DA60-250/4 seems to work better with a fresh charge.) Regards, Bob S.
On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 7:04 AM, Christine Nielsen <ch...@inielsen.net> wrote: > Hi all, Happy Monday. > > What do you make of this... > > Shooting at my daughter's gymnastics meet yesterday, I noticed my > battery was starting to get low. I had an extra in my bag, so I > switched it out. I took a shot, and then all kinds of clicking > started to happen. It wasn't taking pics on its own, though that's > what it sounded like... Maybe it was the sound of the mirror going up > & down, I'm not sure... but it was all very odd. It seemed like the > AF wasn't working, and once the clicking started, I couldn't get it to > shoot. I shut off the camera, and turned it back on, to see if that > would help. Nope. Each initial shot inspired a new round of random > clicks and non-responsiveness, > > I took out the battery, and put the first one back in. This seemed to > solve the problem, and I was able to continue as usual. I have yet to > review the images, though... fingers crossed that the card isn't > fried.... > > Still, I am left with lingering concerns.... Should I consider that > battery (Pentax brand) a goner? I certainly don't feel comfortable > putting it back into the camera... Has the camera been damaged in some > way, deep in the electronic guts? What about the lens? Is it taking > longer now to display the review image, or is it just my > imagination??? Ugh. > > Larry... didn't you have a misbehaving battery situation not that long ago? > > Thanks for any thoughts... > > :) > -c > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > 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 PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
