Odd K-5 / DA 17-70 behavior
Rick / PJ, the SDM Motors were born bad. If there is any binding on the motor it WILL draw a larger current, but NOT from Full Bar to 1. Note: every K-5 series has the notorious Battery Indicator PROBLEM on the Top LCD, which Ricoh-Pentax never solved. And with some lenses I have noticed this behaviour gets still bad, though erratic. You remove the Battery or OFF & ON the Camera and the behaviour returns to normal. Point to NOTE: When you switched to another Lens the Battery Indicator returned to Normal. So K-5 BUG. Kind Regards. Bipin. Bangalore, Thornhill Ontario. -- 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: Odd K-5 / DA 17-70 behavior
That is unfortunately how warranties are intended to work. On 5/19/2019 1:21 PM, Rick Womer wrote: I hope you’re wrong! The one-year warranty from the SDM motor replacement expired exactly a month ago. Rick On Sun, May 19, 2019 at 19:13 P. J. Alling wrote: The lens is drawing power from the camera, could be a failing component on the lenses main board causing a larger than expected power drain. On 5/19/2019 11:42 AM, Rick Womer wrote: Shooting today, the battery gauge dropped unusually quickly from full to 1 bar. Well, I thought, it’s an old battery, and must be wearing out. Then I switched lenses to the 10-17. Full battery again! Switched back to the 17-70: 1 bar. Hmmm. Tried the 50-200; full battery. I cleaned the contacts on the lens and body, but this odd behavior persists. Why should the lens influence the camera’s battery gauge? Rick -- 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. -- 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: Odd K-5 / DA 17-70 behavior
I hope you’re wrong! The one-year warranty from the SDM motor replacement expired exactly a month ago. Rick On Sun, May 19, 2019 at 19:13 P. J. Alling wrote: > The lens is drawing power from the camera, could be a failing component > on the lenses main board causing a larger than expected power drain. > > On 5/19/2019 11:42 AM, Rick Womer wrote: > > Shooting today, the battery gauge dropped unusually quickly from full to > 1 > > bar. Well, I thought, it’s an old battery, and must be wearing out. > > > > Then I switched lenses to the 10-17. Full battery again! Switched back to > > the 17-70: 1 bar. Hmmm. Tried the 50-200; full battery. > > > > I cleaned the contacts on the lens and body, but this odd behavior > > persists. Why should the lens influence the camera’s battery gauge? > > > > Rick > > -- > 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. > -- 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: Odd K-5 / DA 17-70 behavior
The lens is drawing power from the camera, could be a failing component on the lenses main board causing a larger than expected power drain. On 5/19/2019 11:42 AM, Rick Womer wrote: Shooting today, the battery gauge dropped unusually quickly from full to 1 bar. Well, I thought, it’s an old battery, and must be wearing out. Then I switched lenses to the 10-17. Full battery again! Switched back to the 17-70: 1 bar. Hmmm. Tried the 50-200; full battery. I cleaned the contacts on the lens and body, but this odd behavior persists. Why should the lens influence the camera’s battery gauge? Rick -- 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.
Odd K-5 / DA 17-70 behavior
Shooting today, the battery gauge dropped unusually quickly from full to 1 bar. Well, I thought, it’s an old battery, and must be wearing out. Then I switched lenses to the 10-17. Full battery again! Switched back to the 17-70: 1 bar. Hmmm. Tried the 50-200; full battery. I cleaned the contacts on the lens and body, but this odd behavior persists. Why should the lens influence the camera’s battery gauge? Rick -- 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.
