I'm sure you're right that it doesn't happen all the time and that all cameras have problems. My *ist D appears to be heat sensitive. If left in a hot car, it goes berserk (as I've discussed before) and any control, switch, button, or dial actuates the shutter and leaves it in the up position. Taking batteries out and reinserting sometimes fixes it. Other times I just have to wait.
My issue with the VPN is that surely Pentax was aware of the problem. They indicate that in firmware version 1.1 they have fixed an issue that in rare cases produces a vertical stripe at long exposures. Whether this is the same issue, I don't know. Tom C. >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: PESO: Pink Sun Banding >Date: Wed, 05 Sep 2007 18:05:23 +0000 > >Of course it's sucky. But I'd guess it's pretty rare. I haven't seen it in >12,000 K10D exposures. It's about as sucky as when the lab scratches your >film. One of the reasons I switched to digital was that the best E6 lab in >town kept putting kinks in the first frames of my 120 rolls. It's as sucky >as my friends Canon 5D, which tends to hang the shutter open when the >battery is almost dead. Ask Chainsaw about suckiness with his Nikons. >Digital weirdness happens. But I don't consider it a problem if it happens >in a tiny percentage of exposures. >Paul > -------------- Original message ---------------------- >From: "Tom C" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > That's actually pretty sucky. Especially at ISO 100. Whether you > > downloaded a firmware change or not, you reasonably have the right to >expect > > performance better than this. > > > > If you had just shot the best image of your portfolio, or any image that >was > > worthy of a portfolio, and saw this in it, you wouldn't be so >non-chalant > > about it. > > > > Tom C. > > > > >From: Jack Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > > >To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > > >Subject: Re: PESO: Pink Sun Banding > > >Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2007 09:46:41 -0700 (PDT) > > > > > >I'll call it "digital gas"..for now. We still have a fairly dense high > > >fog, so think I'll try another shot. Sun, however, is not a bright area > > >rather than a disk. > > >Don't feel the original warrants any PS time, but thanks, Paul. > > > > > >Jack > > >--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > > > Nice shot. I would paint the banding out of the pic. As to the >cause, > > > > could be a one-time hiccup. Digital s__t happens. > > > > Paul > > > > -------------- Original message ---------------------- > > > > From: Jack Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > This AM my wife told me there was a pretty pink sun rising. > > > > > I shot it as a lark, really, but am surprised to see the degree of > > > > > vertical banding accross the frame. > > > > > Thought that was dealt with through a firmware download some time > > > > back. > > > > > This is likely a supreme test, however. > > > > > Opinions? > > > > > > > > > > http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=233 > > > > > > > > > > Hand held, 100 ISO, spot metered on sun, f/5.6, 1/750-1/1000(?) > > > > > > > > > > Jack > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________________________________________ > > _ > > > > > ____ > > > > > Boardwalk for $500? In 2007? Ha! Play Monopoly Here and Now (it's > > > > updated for > > > > > today's economy) at Yahoo! Games. > > > > > http://get.games.yahoo.com/proddesc?gamekey=monopolyherenow > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________________________________________ > > _____ > > >Be a better Heartthrob. Get better relationship answers from someone >who > > >knows. Yahoo! Answers - Check it out. > > >http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=list&sid=396545433 > > > > > >-- > > >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 > > >-- >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
