Hi! > I had the same problem with my *istD, and it turned out -- as was > posted a few months back, I think -- that some of the earlier > assemblies had problems with the a wire burning out or some element > essentially breaking. You'll have to send the camera in for repair > or replacement to fix this problem. If you can live without the > built-in flash, nothing else is really affected by this problem. > > I bought my camera at B&H, and it happened within three weeks of the > purchase. The first person I talked with said they'd replace the > camera, although it turned out that if I had gotten anyone else on > the phone they would have told me to deal with Pentax directly. So > instead of waiting a few weeks for a repair, I got a new camera in > two days.
Thanks, Micah, for your response. You see, my camera is 2 years old and it was brought to me by a friend from US. Most probably the cost of repair in Israel will be prohibited because of the lack of Pentax presence here. Well, if this indeed affects only the built-in flash, I can definitely live without it. This is rather strange though, because my camera was bought at least a year after it was introduced, which possibly means that it is not of the earlier assemblies... Anyway, at least I can rest assured that nothing else is damaged. Thanks again! Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
