I don't think my k-5 has ever locked up. My k-7 did once. A battery pull fixed it. Pentax isn't the only one. Canons and nikons can lock up too. If my camera did this regularly I would assume something is wrong.
Rob Studdert <[email protected]> wrote: >On 9 April 2013 01:47, Bipin Gupta <[email protected]> wrote: >> Rob, Rob Rob, My Dear Rob, you must carry a second camera always - be >> it a simple P&S - for that very special occasion that is dearer to >you >> than your life. > >Generally it's not my special occasions I'm concerned about but that >of clients, and funny you should suggest taking a second camera as I >do carry a pair of K5's on all shoots but for speed, they still need >to be reliable. As I don't have time to stuff around changing lenses I >run one body with long lens and grip and the other with a short lens, >both bodies are on straps at the ready. When the camera with the grip >has locked it's been a pain because the grip must be removed too. > >> Take it easy, the best equipment whether Pentax, Nikon, Canon or Sony >> is bound to fail on if not you than me. > >I think that you would find that the pros migrate towards equipment >that doesn't exhibit such failure modes, hence few shoot Pentax, just >try to find complaints about camera lock ups (that aren't readily >remedied by a trip to the service centre) for current top line Canon >and Nikon bodies. > >> Now smile. > >I smile when I know that I have the pictures in the can :) > >-- >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 [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
