You are not easily spooked http://www.tfh-berlin.de/~s22202/xdeltax/tutirmodding/IMGP1672.jpg
Tim Typo Mostly Harmless ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charles Robinson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, September 08, 2007 10:48 PM Subject: Re: More problems my funky DS - solved. > On Sep 8, 2007, at 11:29, Bob Sullivan wrote: > >> Charles, >> >> Jiggle with that pin/door you replaced. >> > > Nope, that wasn't it. > > I took the leap, and following instructions on this page: > > http://www.xdeltax.com/tutirmodding/index.html > > I took the shell off of the camera and determined that there are NO > circuits inside the camera near the grip - just the batteries. There > is a complex relationship between the top shell, the switches that > are mounted on it (shutter, DOF preview, exp. compensation) and the > circuits that they contact (which are on the body). > > After disassembling the camera, then reassembling it without the > handgrip panel, I was able to see that the only thing that could have > been affected by the way I was pushing on the body of the camera was > the top power/shutter/DOF switch (and the way it interacts with the > circuit boards (brushes on the top panel, circuits that they contact > mounted on the body). I couldn't get the camera to fail with that > panel off. > > Then I reassembled everything, and it works perfectly. I cannot get > the power to blink out again. So.... something was loose or out of > whack and the disassembly/reassembly process seems to have aligned > all of the parts back where they needed to be. > > Whew! > > I took some pictures, but this guy whose website I referenced took > some already. Here you can see that there are no circuits/panels/ > ANYTHING next to the batteries on the right side of the camera: > > http://www.tfh-berlin.de/~s22202/xdeltax/tutirmodding/IMGP1648.jpg > http://www.tfh-berlin.de/~s22202/xdeltax/tutirmodding/IMGP1656.jpg > > > ..and this picture just looks horrific! > > http://www.tfh-berlin.de/~s22202/xdeltax/tutirmodding/IMGP1672.jpg > > > -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 > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.485 / Virus Database: 269.13.10/995 - Release Date: > 08.09.2007 13:24 > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
