Charles, Jiggle with that pin/door you replaced. It sounds like the interlock switch on the SD card door is not well aligned. That door has to register as closed for the camera to be powered up. Look at the door latch itself... maybe a fraction of a mm out of true? Your finger push by the door disengages the micro switch.
Local repairman an option? Or give Pentax a call and ask to speak to the repair techs, not the phone folks, the actual techs. Regards, Bob S. On 9/8/07, Charles Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, the problem I had a couple months ago with the SD card door > being sticky... turns out to have only been the tip of the iceberg. > > The door problem was resolved by removing the hinge pin and > straightening it - as something had bent it (ouch - a tough drop > somewhere along the way). > > Now I've noticed another problem and it is probably related. The > camera will shut itself off randomly/unpredictably. > > After playing with it for a while, I realized that if I held it in my > left hand, with the SD card-door-side of the camera pointing straight > up, it will stay on. > > Then I can take my right index finger and poke a few different spots > along the rubber grip on the right-hand side of the camera, and it > will shut off. It turns right back on again (usually) when the > pressure is released. > > SO - clearly whatever damaged the hinge pin for the SD door has also > broken some sort of circuit inside the camera under the grip. The > question I have (or the advice I'm looking for) is whether or not > it's worth the trouble/cost to get it fixed. Or, has anyone dived > inside their DS when they had nothing left to lose, and found that > it's not that difficult a task to disassemble that side of the > camera? (on the off-chance that whatever damage is inside will be > obvious and simple to repair!) > > This would all be so much easier if my wife didn't know that I've > lusted after the K10D since it was released. I'm afraid she'll think > that this is me just working a scam to have a reason to upgrade! > > Or, am I best off (financially) just going to KEH and buying a gently- > used DS body for $200-300? > > -Charles > > -- > Charles Robinson - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Minneapolis, MN > http://charles.robinsontwins.org > > > > -- > 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
