My much abused old K-7 sometimes develops a power fault and only takes half frames. A few power cycles clears it. That's not going to fix your problem though unfortunately. The only fix is likely to replace the shutter. Sounds like yours went bad. That camera is totally under warranty and you should have sent it in yesterday. Don't try to fix something yourself when you can have a pro look at it for free. They will make it right and probably replace the shutter, so you will get a brand new shutter too hopefully as well as having your mount recalibrated. The chances of that happening are pretty rare so I wouldn't count on winning the lottery anytime soon.
On Tue, Dec 9, 2014 at 11:09 PM, Mark C <pdml-m...@charter.net> wrote: > I had a similar issue with a PZ-1p.... It was a mechanical problem with the > shutter assembly itself. No repair possible and since the camera was pretty > old when it happened no replacement shutter assembly was available either. > Since the shutter is such a purely mechanical part of the camera, it would > probably be best to get it replaced if it is not working well - I don't > think there is much that can be done to fix it. At least it should still be > under warranty. > > Mark > > > On 12/9/2014 9:57 PM, Juan Buhler wrote: >> >> Hello all, >> >> This is my annual coming-out-of-lurking post :) >> >> Some time ago, I was shooting a time lapse with my K3 on a tripod. The >> camera was working great, as it has since I got it last January. >> >> I went to change the camera angle, and when I put it on live view to >> tweak the framing, the top part of the image was black. The shutter is >> not opening all the way, the curtain shows about 1/4th of the way. >> This happened all of a sudden: all the photos in my time lapse were >> fine. There were no bumps or drops, just me stopping the time lapse >> and putting the camera in light view. >> >> It keeps doing it regardless of what I do--fresh battery, shoot on >> continuous high speed, set the camera on sensor cleaning mode. The >> shutter just doesn't want to open all the way. >> >> Given that it's been less than a year, I suppose this should be >> covered under warranty. I'm about to send it in, but I wanted to ask: >> has anybody had an issue like this? Any recommendations on how to fix >> it myself? >> >> Thanks! >> >> j >> > > > --- > This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus > protection is active. > http://www.avast.com > > > > -- > 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.
