Thanks everyone. I took the camera back to the store over the weekend and got a new camera. This one works fine. I am glad that I bought this from a local store and did not have get into Internet store returns etc. Hunts Photo were very professional and exchanged it without any problems.
Gaurav On 3/9/07, Shel Belinkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Take the camera back to the store from which you purchased it. There are > numerous things that could cause the problem, including user error. Have > to store check out the camera and make sure you know what you're doing. > > Shel > > > [Original Message] > > From: Gaurav Aggarwal > > > I got a new Pentax K100D with 18-55mm > > lens yesterday at Hunt's Photo and Video in > > Melrose, Mass. It just doesn't work. It turns on, > > auto-focuses and the shutter fires but the pictures > > come out dark, almost black. The only time I can > > get something is if I shoot directly at a light source. > > > > Anyone have an idea what is happening? > > I tried to reset the menus and tried > > new batteries but nothing helped. > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

