Re: k-5 grip glitch grinds...

2013-02-21 Thread Alan Cole
Thanks for that Bob. Plena cacas. Thank goodness elephants can't fly! Another senior moment. Alan -- 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.

Re: k-5 grip glitch grinds...

2013-02-21 Thread Bruce Walker
On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 6:22 PM, Bob W wrote: >> From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Alan Cole >> >> BTW, where does the cormorant (phalacrocoracis) fit in? >> > > ask yourself why it has such greasy plumage, and you may imagine the > answer... > > The PDML's favourite fowl > Is

RE: k-5 grip glitch grinds...

2013-02-21 Thread Bob W
> From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Alan Cole > > BTW, where does the cormorant (phalacrocoracis) fit in? > ask yourself why it has such greasy plumage, and you may imagine the answer... The PDML's favourite fowl Is not the bobolink or owl It's not the tanager, The tit or t

Re: k-5 grip glitch grinds...

2013-02-21 Thread Steve Cottrell
I think you all need a lesson in Latin!!! -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Producion -- _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailm

Re: k-5 grip glitch grinds...

2013-02-21 Thread Alan Cole
Thursday, February 21, 2013 10:15 AM To: "'Pentax-Discuss Mail List'" Subject: RE: k-5 grip glitch grinds... > sed aquila nec PDMLorum avis est honor qui phalacrocoracis proprium > est I suspect my little effort is grammatically dubious - it's over 35 years since

RE: k-5 grip glitch grinds...

2013-02-21 Thread Bob W
> From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Brian Walters > > > Quoting Bob W : > > >> From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Christine > >> Aguila > >> > >> > >> > >> On Feb 20, 2013, at 4:50 PM, "Bob W" wrote: > >> > >> >> From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net]

Re: K-5 grip glitch grinds...

2013-02-20 Thread Larry Colen
On Feb 20, 2013, at 9:08 PM, steve harley wrote: > on 2013-02-20 5:35 knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote >> Res ipsa loquitor. > > i have a pair of boxer shorts with that inscribed (from my partner's time in > law school); the elastic is just about shot Not "semper ubi sub ubi"? -- Larry Colen l

Re: K-5 grip glitch grinds...

2013-02-20 Thread David Mann
On Feb 21, 2013, at 9:34 AM, Bob W wrote: > You might be able to have instead, nullum sensum comoediae habet, or ludi > sensum non habet. > > I hope you enjoyed that little lesson, especially young Bipin. Romanes eunt domus! *ducks* :D Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net ht

Re: K-5 grip glitch grinds...

2013-02-20 Thread steve harley
on 2013-02-20 5:35 knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote Res ipsa loquitor. i have a pair of boxer shorts with that inscribed (from my partner's time in law school); the elastic is just about shot -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNS

Re: K-5 grip glitch grinds...

2013-02-20 Thread Aahz Maruch
On Wed, Feb 20, 2013, Mark C wrote: > On 2/20/2013 7:35 AM, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: >> >>Res ipsa loquitor. > > Ixnay with the Atinlay? Non compos mentis -- Hugs and backrubs -- I break Rule 6http://rule6.info/ <*> <*> <*>

Re: k-5 grip glitch grinds...

2013-02-20 Thread Bruce Walker
On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 6:47 PM, Christine Aguila wrote: > > On Feb 20, 2013, at 5:08 PM, "Bob W" wrote: > >>> From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Christine Aguila >>> >>> On Feb 20, 2013, at 4:50 PM, "Bob W" wrote: >>> > From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf

Re: k-5 grip glitch grinds...

2013-02-20 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting Bob W : From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Christine Aguila On Feb 20, 2013, at 4:50 PM, "Bob W" wrote: >> From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of John Francis Here's an odd thing that happened to me today... >> [

Re: k-5 grip glitch grinds...

2013-02-20 Thread Christine Aguila
On Feb 20, 2013, at 5:08 PM, "Bob W" wrote: >> From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Christine Aguila >> >> >> >> On Feb 20, 2013, at 4:50 PM, "Bob W" wrote: >> From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of John Francis >> >> Here's a

Re: K-5 grip glitch grinds...

2013-02-20 Thread Mark C
On 2/20/2013 7:35 AM, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Res ipsa loquitor. Ixnay with the Atinlay? -- 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.

Re: k-5 grip glitch grinds...

2013-02-20 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 20/2/13, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed: >sed aquila nec PDMLorum avis est honor qui phalacrocoracis proprium est Fecking mad, the lorra yous -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Producion -- _ -- PDML

RE: k-5 grip glitch grinds...

2013-02-20 Thread Bob W
> From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Christine Aguila > > > > On Feb 20, 2013, at 4:50 PM, "Bob W" wrote: > > >> From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of John Francis > > Here's an odd thing that happened to me today... > >> [

Re: k-5 grip glitch grinds...

2013-02-20 Thread Christine Aguila
On Feb 20, 2013, at 4:50 PM, "Bob W" wrote: >> From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of John Francis Here's an odd thing that happened to me today... >> [...] In other news, I bought a k-01 today. (Before all the >> ot

RE: k-5 grip glitch grinds...

2013-02-20 Thread Bob W
> From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of John Francis > > > > > > Here's an odd thing that happened to me today... > > > > > >>> [...] > > > > > > In other news, I bought a k-01 today. (Before all the > other > > > stuff > > >

Re: k-5 grip glitch grinds...

2013-02-20 Thread John Francis
On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 10:03:20PM -0500, Paul Stenquist wrote: > > On Feb 19, 2013, at 9:50 PM, John Sessoms wrote: > > > From: Bruce Walker > >>> On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 9:27 AM, Christine Nielsen > >>> wrote: > > > > On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 3:11 AM, Bob W wrote: > > From:

RE: K-5 grip glitch grinds...

2013-02-20 Thread Bob W
> From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Aahz Maruch > > On Wed, Feb 20, 2013, Paul Stenquist wrote: > > On Feb 20, 2013, at 1:53 AM, Bipin Gupta wrote: > >> > >> To Paul and the other PDMLers who have wasted Server time and space > >> in writing such gibberish. Typical "Childish"

Re: K-5 grip glitch grinds...

2013-02-20 Thread Aahz Maruch
On Wed, Feb 20, 2013, Paul Stenquist wrote: > On Feb 20, 2013, at 1:53 AM, Bipin Gupta wrote: >> >> To Paul and the other PDMLers who have wasted Server time and space in >> writing such gibberish. Typical "Childish" behavior. Sorry to mention >> this. But this K-5 glitch was a serious topic and

RE: K-5 grip glitch grinds...

2013-02-20 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
Res ipsa loquitor. Cheers, frank --- Original Message --- From: Bob W Sent: February 20, 2013 2/20/13 To: "'Pentax-Discuss Mail List'" Subject: RE: K-5 grip glitch grinds... > From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Bipin Gupta > > To Paul a

Re: K-5 grip glitch grinds...

2013-02-20 Thread Paul Stenquist
nullum sensum humor On Feb 20, 2013, at 1:53 AM, Bipin Gupta wrote: > To Paul and the other PDMLers who have wasted Server time and space in > writing such gibberish. Typical "Childish" behavior. Sorry to mention > this. But this K-5 glitch was a serious topic and a good learning > experience f

Re: K-5 grip glitch grinds...

2013-02-20 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 20/2/13, Bipin Gupta, discombobulated, unleashed: >To Paul and the other PDMLers who have wasted Server time and space in >writing such gibberish. Typical "Childish" behavior. Unheard of. Mark!! -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Producion ---

RE: K-5 grip glitch grinds...

2013-02-20 Thread Bob W
> From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Bipin Gupta > > To Paul and the other PDMLers who have wasted Server time and space in > writing such gibberish. Typical "Childish" behavior. Sorry to mention > this. But this K-5 glitch was a serious topic and a good learning > experience

Re: k-5 grip glitch grinds...

2013-02-19 Thread Alan Cole
I didn't realize the Romans were such a vulgar lot. My Latin teacher must have practiced some sort of censorship. "Nihil sub sole novum." Alan -- 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 di

Re: k-5 grip glitch grinds...

2013-02-19 Thread Walt
On 2/19/2013 10:37 PM, Aahz Maruch wrote: On Tue, Feb 19, 2013, l...@red4est.com wrote: Paul Stenquist wrote: On Feb 19, 2013, at 9:50 PM, John Sessoms wrote: From: Bruce Walker On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 9:27 AM, Christine Nielsen wrote: On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 3:11 AM, Bob W wrote: From

Re: k-5 grip glitch grinds...

2013-02-19 Thread Aahz Maruch
On Tue, Feb 19, 2013, l...@red4est.com wrote: > Paul Stenquist wrote: >>On Feb 19, 2013, at 9:50 PM, John Sessoms >>wrote: >>> From: Bruce Walker > On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 9:27 AM, Christine >>Nielsen wrote: >>> >>> On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 3:11 AM, Bob W >>wrote: >>> From:

Re: k-5 grip glitch grinds...

2013-02-19 Thread lrc
Vinum carum, coitus vilus. Paul Stenquist wrote: > >On Feb 19, 2013, at 9:50 PM, John Sessoms >wrote: > >> From: Bruce Walker On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 9:27 AM, Christine >Nielsen wrote: >> >> On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 3:11 AM, Bob W >wrote: >> From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun..

Re: k-5 grip glitch grinds...

2013-02-19 Thread Paul Stenquist
On Feb 19, 2013, at 9:50 PM, John Sessoms wrote: > From: Bruce Walker >>> On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 9:27 AM, Christine Nielsen >>> wrote: > > On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 3:11 AM, Bob W wrote: > From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Christine > Nielsen >

Re: k-5 grip glitch grinds...

2013-02-19 Thread John Sessoms
From: Bruce Walker On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 9:27 AM, Christine Nielsen wrote: On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 3:11 AM, Bob W wrote: From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Christine Nielsen Here's an odd thing that happened to me today... [...] In other news, I bought a k-01 today

Re: k-5 grip glitch grinds...

2013-02-19 Thread Zos Xavius
I don't think there is anything really wrong with the k-5's design. I mean the biggest two issues were the mirror flop and the sensor stain issues. If anything, the problem was more with quality control than anything else. Shame about the lens release too. Adhesives fail. Sh*t happens. The D600 and

Re: k-5 grip glitch grinds...

2013-02-19 Thread Christine Nielsen
On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 1:01 PM, Don Guthrie wrote: > > > >post hoc ergo propter hoc >>> >>> > >>> >... caveat emptor... >> >> In latin, truthiness. >> >> -- >> -bmw > > I have no help for Christine > but > > in vino est veritas > Bibo, ergo sum. :) -c > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Di

Re: k-5 grip glitch grinds...

2013-02-19 Thread Don Guthrie
pdml-requ...@pdml.net wrote: Message: 11 Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2013 09:59:08 -0500 From: Bruce Walker To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: k-5 grip glitch grinds... Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 9:27 AM, Christine Nielsen wrote: >

Re: k-5 grip glitch grinds...

2013-02-19 Thread Bruce Walker
On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 9:27 AM, Christine Nielsen wrote: > > On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 3:11 AM, Bob W wrote: > >> From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Christine > >> Nielsen > >> > >> Here's an odd thing that happened to me today... > >> > > [...] > >> > >> In other news, I bough

Re: k-5 grip glitch grinds...

2013-02-19 Thread Bob Sullivan
Christine, I think the power/battery management system has been wonky since grips were 1st sold. For that matter, even before grips were sold, power was a camera problem. (The *ist D went from 3/3 on the battery to fully dead in nanoseconds.) It's always the first place I look when I encounter a pr

Re: k-5 grip glitch grinds...

2013-02-19 Thread Bob Sullivan
Bill, It's not like Pentax has a history of getting it right the 1st time. (SF1n or PZ-1p) Regards, Bob S. On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 10:49 PM, Bill wrote: > On 18/02/2013 10:29 PM, Christine Nielsen wrote: >> >> Here's an odd thing that happened to me today... >> >> >> >> >> So, what do you make

Re: k-5 grip glitch grinds...

2013-02-19 Thread Christine Nielsen
On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 8:37 AM, John Sessoms wrote: e sure > > Did you have the grip attached when you first turned it on & then remove the > grip to mount it on the tripod? That's the only way I can think of that it > would think the grip is attached when it isn't. If you turned it on with the

Re: k-5 grip glitch grinds...

2013-02-19 Thread Christine Nielsen
On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 3:11 AM, Bob W wrote: >> From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Christine >> Nielsen >> >> Here's an odd thing that happened to me today... >> > [...] >> >> In other news, I bought a k-01 today. (Before all the other stuff >> happened.) >> > > post hoc ergo

Re: k-5 grip glitch grinds...

2013-02-19 Thread Christine Nielsen
On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 11:49 PM, Bill wrote: > On 18/02/2013 10:29 PM, Christine Nielsen wrote: >> >> Here's an odd thing that happened to me today... >> >> >> >> >> So, what do you make of that? > > I think the K5 is a lemon, plain and simple. I'm starting to wonder if mine is, anyway. Which

RE: k-5 grip glitch grinds...

2013-02-19 Thread John Sessoms
From: Christine Nielsen Here's an odd thing that happened to me today... While shooting with the k-5 at my daughter's gymnastics meet, the camera stopped working. As in, I'd push the shutter, and though I'd feel something inside activating slightly (the mirror? though it wasn't the full-bodied

RE: k-5 grip glitch grinds...

2013-02-19 Thread Bob W
> From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Christine > Nielsen > > Here's an odd thing that happened to me today... > [...] > > In other news, I bought a k-01 today. (Before all the other stuff > happened.) > post hoc ergo propter hoc B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@

Re: k-5 grip glitch grinds...

2013-02-18 Thread Bill
On 18/02/2013 10:29 PM, Christine Nielsen wrote: Here's an odd thing that happened to me today... So, what do you make of that? I think the K5 is a lemon, plain and simple. I'm of the opinion that Hoya specced the camera way higher than the hardware could reliably deliver. I believe they sou