Bill Lawlor mused: > > I just got a nice black K2DMD at the San Jose Photo Fair. The seller put in > a set of "new chinese batteries" The battery check led came on and remained > illuminated for about two hours. The camera seemed to be functioning and the > exposure meter checked very close to a Gossen digital. I was shooting a test > roll when the red led went out and the camera locked up. According to some > Pentax literature on the camera lockup is a "warning" that the batteries are > low. > > If the batteries were really fresh there must be a short or other power > drain in the camera. I'll check again with more batteries. Meanwhile, do any > of the sages of the list have any suggestions about this nice 1975 camera? > Any suggestions of a good repair shop? > > Thains, Bill Lawlor
If you picked it up in San Jose, you should be close enough to be able to get to Apollo Camera (near the intersection of Lawrence & El Camino). They've done good work with much of my Pentax gear over the years.
