Me too! I've never had anything of the kind with an ist D, K10D or K 20D.
-----Original Message----- >From: "J.C. O'Connell" <hifis...@gate.net> >Subject: RE: K-5 IIs locks up - did the recent firmware updates fix it? > >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.
