Ugh, sounds like the orientation sensor has been schnockered. Try taking the battery out and leaving it sit for two-three days. These cameras have a capacitor to hold settings while you're charging or changing batteries, you have to give that capacitor time to be exhausted for the camera to re-set to all defaults unless you have access to the internal service routines.
Otherwise a trip to Pentax service would seem to be in order if you want it to work. I don't believe there is anything user-serviceable about the orientation sensor. Godfrey On Sep 13, 2007, at 3:24 PM, Mark Cassino wrote: > Thanks, Rick. I tried that and it did not change > anything. For now I have auto-rotate off... > > - MCC > > --- Rick Womer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> IIRC (my camera is at home, I'm at work) there is an >> item in the set-up menu related to image rotation. >> You might try switching it off, then switching it >> back >> on. >> >> --- Mark Cassino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> My K10D can no longer tell up from down, it seems. >>> >>> Starting this afternoon, images taken while >> holding >>> the camera bottom down are now being auto-rotated >>> into >>> portrait mode, and images taken while holding the >>> camera with the shutter release on top are coming >>> out >>> with a landscape orientation. >>> >>> Oddly - images taken with the shutter button at >> the >>> bottom or with the camera held upside down are >>> rotating correctly... >>> >>> The camera took what I'd consider a minor bump >> just >>> before this happened - I had it on the strap and >>> flipped it onto my back while I bent down to tie >> my >>> shoe. It slipped off my back and hit my leg. >>> >>> I'm guessing that the minor bump bolloxed up the >>> switch or sensor inside the camera that tells it >> the >>> orientation. >>> >>> In the forlorn hope dept - is there some hidden >> menu >>> item that sets up and down, or do I need to send >>> this >>> in for repair? I reset everything to the >> defaults, >>> changed the battery, and ultimately just disabled >>> auto-rotate... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
