*istD grip... arghhh

2004-02-07 Thread Robert Gonzalez
Does anyone here have the *istD grip that can check on something for me? I noticed that one of the pins on my grip that connect to the body is shorter than the others. I want to know if mine is defective or this is normal. I've been having problems with the grip such as it showing that it

Re: *istD grip... arghhh

2004-02-07 Thread Bruce Dayton
One of my pins is shorter also. It seems that when the power switches between the body and grip, the readings can be odd. There have been previous threads on this. If I get a low battery reading, I turn the camera off and on and then it is ok again. Wish I could remember the entire thread, but

Re: *istD grip... arghhh

2004-02-07 Thread Paul Stenquist
One of my pins is shorter than the others. It's at the end of the middle row. Paul On Feb 7, 2004, at 1:41 PM, Robert Gonzalez wrote: Does anyone here have the *istD grip that can check on something for me? I noticed that one of the pins on my grip that connect to the body is shorter than the

Re: *istD grip... arghhh

2004-02-07 Thread William M Kane
Robert, Just took the D-BG1 Grip off my *ist D . . . one pin is definitly about half the height of the others. It's the one in the middle row on the left side as I look at it from the back. IL Bill On Saturday, February 7, 2004, at 12:41 PM, Robert Gonzalez wrote: Does anyone here have the

Re: *istD grip... arghhh

2004-02-07 Thread Robert Gonzalez
Whew! Thanks all who responded. I guess the shorter pin is normal. I need the grip for a shoot today and I thought I was going to have to deal with a potentially flakey grip. Bruce Dayton wrote: One of my pins is shorter also. It seems that when the power switches between the body and grip,

Re: *istD grip... arghhh

2004-02-07 Thread Dr. Heiko Hamann
Hi Bruce, on 07 Feb 04 you wrote in pentax.list: There have been previous threads on this. If I get a low battery reading, I turn the camera off and on and then it is ok again. Yes, it's a known problem. It only occurs if you use rechargebles in the camera _and_ the grip. AFAIK Pentax Japan is