Re: Camera not reading lenses: what could be the reason?
Thank you, John, Larry, and P.J, for your responses. Cleaning/inspecting contacts and deep-power-cycling didn't help. Upon coming home and inspecting the camera mount carefully, I could not see any visible problem with the contact. Besides displaying "F--", the camera refuses to do any operation that requires the lens. (I.e. no shutter activation, etc.) So, I suspect, it is not just the "A" contact, but something more, probably happened to the main board. Argh... Now, I am considering my options: trying to repair this camera, getting a K-3, or even a K-1 (most likely used). This "forced" upgrade was not planned or budgeted... Igor On Sun, 4 Nov 2018, Igor PDML-StR wrote: Upon arrival to Universal studios park, I 've discovered that my camera (k-5sii) refused to read any lens (I tried 3 different ones). It showed "F--" on the display. I've tried to clean the contacts, powercycled it by taking out the battery... Nothing helped. Any ideas on what could be the culprit and what I can try "in the field"? Please cc me, if possible for the ease of reading responses on the road. Igor Sent from mobile phone -- 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: Camera not reading lenses: what could be the reason?
The only time I've had that problem it's been with a particular lens. However, maybe you didn't leave the battery out long enough to make sure that there was no more residual power left in the camera, and there was only an incomplete reset. Before doing anything drastic, I'd take the battery out and let it sit overnight, just to make sure. Of course that won't insure that any long term storage capacitor is discharged, but that would probably take weeks. However I have a feeling that the problem is in one of the contacts, either the digital or A contact. There aren't any moving parts in either of those on the body, AFAIK, if so leaving the battery out overnight doesn't work, I have no further suggestions for DYI repairs. I know better. On 11/4/2018 1:45 PM, Igor PDML-StR wrote: Upon arrival to Universal studios park, I 've discovered that my camera (k-5sii) refused to read any lens (I tried 3 different ones). It showed "F--" on the display. I've tried to clean the contacts, powercycled it by taking out the battery... Nothing helped. Any ideas on what could be the culprit and what I can try "in the field"? Please cc me, if possible for the ease of reading responses on the road. Igor Sent from mobile phone -- America wasn't founded so that we could all be better. America was founded so we could all be anything we damn well please. - P.J. O'Rourke -- 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: Camera not reading lenses: what could be the reason?
This isn't the answer to your question, but I could overnight you one of my backup bodies (or better yet sell you my K-3 with overnight postage). Alternatively this could be a great opportunity for you to upgrade to a K-1 if there are any available in LA. John Francis wrote on 11/9/18 10:27 AM: On Sun, Nov 04, 2018 at 01:45:57PM -0500, Igor PDML-StR wrote: Upon arrival to Universal studios park, I 've discovered that my camera (k-5sii) refused to read any lens (I tried 3 different ones). It showed "F--" on the display. I've tried to clean the contacts, powercycled it by taking out the battery... Nothing helped. Any ideas on what could be the culprit and what I can try "in the field"? Please cc me, if possible for the ease of reading responses on the road. "F--" is what my K5 displays if I turn the lens aperture ring off the "A" position (for lenses that have aperture rings, obviously), so I'd suspect that the "A" contact on the camera body may not be working. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com http://red4est.com/lrc https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/collections/72157612824732477/ -- 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: Camera not reading lenses: what could be the reason?
On Sun, Nov 04, 2018 at 01:45:57PM -0500, Igor PDML-StR wrote: > > Upon arrival to Universal studios park, I 've discovered that my camera > (k-5sii) refused to read any lens (I tried 3 different ones). > It showed "F--" on the display. > > I've tried to clean the contacts, powercycled it by taking out the > battery... Nothing helped. > > Any ideas on what could be the culprit and what I can try "in the field"? > > Please cc me, if possible for the ease of reading responses on the road. "F--" is what my K5 displays if I turn the lens aperture ring off the "A" position (for lenses that have aperture rings, obviously), so I'd suspect that the "A" contact on the camera body may not be working. -- 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.
Camera not reading lenses: what could be the reason?
Upon arrival to Universal studios park, I 've discovered that my camera (k-5sii) refused to read any lens (I tried 3 different ones). It showed "F--" on the display. I've tried to clean the contacts, powercycled it by taking out the battery... Nothing helped. Any ideas on what could be the culprit and what I can try "in the field"? Please cc me, if possible for the ease of reading responses on the road. Igor Sent from mobile phone -- 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.
