You should have switched the DS on and submerged it before sending it off for repair. That would probably make it terminal:-). Paul -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: Charles Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Begin forwarded message: > > > From: Charles Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: December 6, 2007 16:52:34 CST > > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > > Subject: Why I buy locally (happy guy) > > > > I've come to praise my local camera store, not bury it. > > > > [snip!] > > > And even better: As he strolled back from the printer, he stopped at > > the used camera cabinet, pulled out an istDL, and brought it back > > with him. "It could take a couple of months for your camera to come > > back, so you can use this in the meantime". > > > > Wow! > > > > So, the total time for me to stop, explain my case, and be out of > > the store with a functioning (interim) camera was just over 10 > > minutes. It is clear to me that if I am going to purchase a Pentax > > someday to upgrade my DS, it's going to be at that store and I'll > > probably cough up the extra $100 for the extended warranty again. I > > carry this one camera (or its future replacement) around way too > > much to want to risk it screwing it up. > > > > So that was December. > > I got a call last week that the DS was back from the shop. They'd > replaced a some sort of "switch" mechanism, and some sort of > "slider". (scratches head, wondering what those could have to do with > card write errors). So I swing by and swap all of my bits out of the > "loaner" DL and happily look through my bright prism DS finder with > the Katz-Eye split-prism and microprism collar.... man, I missed those! > > I was a little disappointed to see that tiny preview screen on the > back, but oh well. > > Two nights later, I'm at a bar watching a band play. I pull out the > camera to take some pictures, and about 15 minutes later..... boom. > Write errors "the image is not stored" and the card is unusable. > > This is the same storage card I'd just used for about 2,000 shots on > my trip to San Francisco. This is NOT a bad card. > > Back to the camera store, I try to duplicate the issue for the > gentleman behind the counter. It takes about half an hour of standing > there with my finger on the shutter button, and then we magically get > the same error. So we write that down specifically on the repair > sheet. At some point in the process, the man is looking at the > paperwork for the camera. "Hmmm... I sold this camera to you!" (Yup, > I thought he'd looked familiar) > > As he was processing all of the paperwork, I got to hold a K10D in my > hands for about 20 minutes and I've got to say: I've got to work > harder at convincing the wife that this is a good thing to upgrade to > (unfortunately it would probably have to be second-hand by the time I > build up the funds - bummer). Yes, the K20D has some amazing things > going for it, but that's an amazing price, too. With the Tamron 28-75 > hooked up to it, the autofocus was ZIPPY. Everything just worked so > well. > > So, round #2 for the DS. With the camera store picking up the repair > costs (again). And I have the same DL "loaner" back in my bag which I > just used for most of December/January. > > As I was leaving, the guy told me something which unfortunately got my > hopes up: > > "Who knows, maybe the repair cost will be so high that it's cheaper to > just replace your camera". > > I responded: > > "but they don't make the DS anymore" > > "Then I guess you'd have to get something newer" > > "But all those newer ones don't have a Pentaprism" > > "Some of them do (smiles)" > > Man... it's like I'm hoping this DS is ultimately terminal. Not a > good way to stay calm. > > -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 > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions.
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