But, I'll bitch & moan with you guys all day.
MARK!
Kenneth Waller
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller
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From: "Christine Nielsen" <ch...@inielsen.net>
To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net>
Sent: Monday, June 17, 2013 3:01 PM
Subject: Re: K-5 dead
I hear what you are saying, and I know some have had success with that
angle. Not sure I'm a prolific enough social media maven to pull that
off. Plus, there's another wrinkle to that, as I see it. And maybe
this is just me & my weird perspective, but... Shooting Pentax can be
a lonely existence. It's an oddball choice among people who use
cameras generally, and people who use cameras for money especially.
Sometimes, I am called upon to defend that choice, or explain it, to
those who are unfamiliar. Fine. But, that becomes harder to do when
I start to publicly mouth off about the failings of my gear. I think
when a CaNikon photographer grouses about their camera's latest
failing, nobody questions why they were using that brand to begin with
(aside from the usual brand wars/fanboys/girls). My social networks
are intertwined with those of friends, family, customers, colleagues
and I just don't feel like exposing myself to that line of questioning
any more than I am already.
But, I'll bitch & moan with you guys all day. That's fine.
:)
-c
On Sun, Jun 16, 2013 at 9:51 PM, Darren Addy <pixelsmi...@gmail.com>
wrote:
I find these reports of premature K-5 issues a little disconcerting. I
don't know if any of you use Twitter (or other social media) but
making a little noise on there (and directing comments to Pentax Ricoh
Japan, as well as in your home country) could get you a little
expedited attention.
On Sun, Jun 16, 2013 at 8:12 PM, Christine Nielsen <ch...@inielsen.net>
wrote:
Ah...yikes. Well, I would think you still have a good case... I hope it
all works out in your favor.
On Jun 16, 2013, at 9:04 PM, Paul Ewins <paulew...@optusnet.com.au>
wrote:
No, according to the tech I took it to first (assuming it to be a less
serious issue) took one look at it and told me the shutter has collapsed
and must be replaced. Basically the shutter doesn't retract fully so you
are left with a black stripe across the top of all of the images. If you
go through the sensor clean routine you can see the shutter blades
blocking the bottom of the sensor. In all other respects it still works
normally. Apparently it is the usual way that shutters fail when they
have been heavily used, except that mine has only done 8% of it's rated
life.
Paul
On 17/06/2013, at 10:49 AM, Christine Nielsen <ch...@inielsen.net>
wrote:
Shutter failed? As in "mirror flop"? Google that, if you haven't
already... It's a well known problem, mine had it, was repaired with a
new mirror/shutter assembly, as I recall... They should fix it, free,
IMHO.
Good luck!
On Jun 16, 2013, at 8:12 PM, Paul Ewins <paulew...@optusnet.com.au>
wrote:
My K5 is waiting for repair at the local Pentax importer. The shutter
failed after only 8000 shots so I am hoping to get it fixed free under
our consumer protection laws even though it is out of warranty.
Paul
On 17/06/2013, at 9:07 AM, Larry Colen <l...@red4est.com> wrote:
On Sun, Jun 16, 2013 at 12:26:21PM -0400, Christine Nielsen wrote:
It happened at a bad time, too. We flew to North Carolina for the
National High School Outdoor Track meet this weekend... After the
first 400 meters of the 4 x 800 meter relay championship race... in
which my son & his team were competing .. The camera stopped working.
I had shot a couple dozen frames at the meet already, no problem.
But, then, it just stopped. Wouldn't focus, wouldn't shoot, no
matter the on/off, in/out/switch of battery, lens switch, shooting
mode change, etc. it turns on, but when you press the shutter, it
freezes, and the LCD says "battery depleted" (though it is not).
Then, it won't do anything. That was yesterday, same story this
morning.
That might have been the same thing I went through with mine when the
power
board died. It happened a couple of times, then once when I was on a
paid gig. Fortunately, I had my K-x as a backup.
Not sure if this is a warranty repair or not... Especially since the
mirror flop fix of last year... Will check my paperwork when I get
home. Wondering if I have reached the point of throwing good money
after bad, at least on this camera.
Maybe you'll be hearing from me again on for sale Friday....
So, Boris and I are both sending K-5s in to CRIS for repair.
One thing that we are considering is that if they both need
different expensive parts, then take the best of each to make
a good "frankenfive". If one of them does get parted out, and
yours doesn't need the same part as the other, we might be able to
all three team up for a good one.
(For the record, my "back-up camera", the K-01, also made the trip,
my husband was shooting video with it at the time. Glad we have that,
anyway.)
I cannot tell you how many times I've had something go wrong at
the racetrack, when I've had the spare part that I need, a
couple hundred miles away at home. It just wasn't with the
quarter ton of spares that I had with me at the track.
--
Larry Colen l...@red4est.com
http://red4est.com/lrc
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