On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 11:27 AM, Larry Colen, l...@red4est.com (From Droid) <l...@red4est.com> wrote: > My problem was that when I'd try to take a picture it would turn off, but > yours sounds like a more common problem.
"Common", as in "frequent", "usual"? Have you heard of this happening before? In any case if it's not a battery, it's probably a power supply. Contact Pentax, or CRIS and see if you can get things lined up before sending it in. > Yes, I think I am going to get in touch, at least before I put the battery back in the camera... thx, -c > 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. > > -- > Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. > > -- > 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.
