Ive never had any of these type episodes with my istDS in 7 years. I use NIMH batteries and the camera just goes dead until I put in a newly charged set.
----------------- J.C.O'Connell hifis...@gate.net ----------------- -----Original Message----- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Christine Nielsen Sent: Monday, April 08, 2013 9:34 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: K-5 IIs locks up - did the recent firmware updates fix it? I'm with you, Rob... I experienced this the other day with my K-5... it just wouldn't shoot. Turned off, turned on, battery out, battery in, new battery, AF off, AF on, nothing... meanwhile, the hockey game goes on... I grabbed the k-01, took the 60-250 off the k-5, slapped it on (whoa), and was back in business. Sort of. Minutes later, I tried the k-5 again, with the 21mm, and lo & behold, it's working again. Later, at home, the 60-250 back on the k-5, everything seems to be fine. I'd send it in, but these little episodes are pretty random and infrequent, they could have the camera for weeks, trying to get it to show symptoms... In the end, I wonder if it's just simply because there's a computer inside the camera... and this is just analogous to the spinning pinwheel of death that everyone sees on their monitor now & then...? It's beyond frustrating, though. Especially when shooting at sporting events where I don't have time for that nonsense. :( -c On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 7:21 AM, Rob Studdert <distudio.p...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 8 April 2013 20:39, Bipin Gupta <bip...@gmail.com> wrote: > > That's all lovely but when I'm shooting the 5 mins of performance of > the night that counts I want my top of the line body to just work, I > find it incredible that Pentax delivers cameras that exhibit these > fundamental engineering related problems. > > -- > Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) > Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours > Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio > > -- > 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. -- 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.
