On Sun, 21 Nov 2010 13:32 -0800, "Theodore Beilby" <[email protected]> wrote: > I was talking to f local sculptor yesterday and he asked me if I could id > what > the problem is with his camera that he didn't have with him. He said that > it > exposes very dark. He called Pentax and they told him to reset to > defaults. He > said that when he did that, after the first shot, it reverts back to > dark. Any > Ideas? I think I may have to get in touch with him and arrange for a > hands on > session with the camera before I can tell him anything. I wonder, does > the DS or > DL have the batteries in the base. My *Ist D acted funky when that cover > came > off and the battery was out. I may have to ask him about that. Any > thoughts?????? >
Sounds odd. I have no clue but the DS/DL use AA batteries loading via the base into the handgrip. The battery locking system is pretty secure but if it breaks, the batteries would simply fall out. Cheers Brian ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Access all of your messages and folders wherever you are -- 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.

