Here's an odd thing that happened to me today... While shooting with the k-5 at my daughter's gymnastics meet, the camera stopped working. As in, I'd push the shutter, and though I'd feel something inside activating slightly (the mirror? though it wasn't the full-bodied slap of my previous run-in with mirror flops), the shutter would not release. Then, the battery indicator would appear empty (having appeared full seconds previous), and the LCD screen would say "battery depleted". I couldn't get it to shoot... Not on manual focus. Not after turning off & on. Not after removing battery & replacing. Not after replacing battery with a different battery. Not after changing lenses. Not after checking to make sure it wasn't the k-7...
Here's when it did work: after fiddling with a Setup menu item "Select Battery"... it has 3 options: Auto, Body First, Grip First. It must be set to Auto as default... and even though I was not using the grip at the time, the camera seemed to think I was, since it showed a little diagram of two batteries, both lit. I switched to Body First, and... bingo. Back in business. (I will add: grip was not attached, but I did have my tripod mount screwed into the base of the camera... ) So, what do you make of that? It is somewhat similar to the flops.. for which the camera has already been serviced... but not exactly. I've been meaning to send in my 16-50 for service (won't focus, won't shoot in AF)... maybe I send it all in together? Or maybe I wait until it really goes belly up & can't be revived? I feel like I've had some bad luck with this camera... but maybe this is the cost of use? In other news, I bought a k-01 today. (Before all the other stuff happened.) :) -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.
