Send it to Pentax repair. Sounds like an intermittent short, since it generated heat and drained the battery. Paul On Nov 19, 2011, at 1:22 AM, Larry Colen wrote:
> This happened to me a couple of months ago when I was photographing a > friend's birthday party. > > Tonight, I was photographing belt tests at the dojo. > After the stupid camera tricks during belt tests two nights ago, I made sure > that all of my batteries were well charged, and that the Pentax brand battery > was in the K-5. > A few minutes prior, I noticed that my SD card was getting full, so I > replaced between tests, and observed that the card that came out of the > camera was quite warm. I took 8 more photos and when I pressed the shutter, > the viewfinder would darken slightly (stopping down from f/2.8 to f/4), but > wouldn't take a photo. This was with about 800 frames on a freshly charged > battery. I replaced the battery, powered the camera up, got a full green > battery symbol, tried to take a picture, and got the empty battery icon and > "depleted battery". I put the Pentax battery back in, and got the same > result. I may have even tried my third battery right then, but definitely > did after the test, with the same result. Showing full charge when it is put > in the camera, showing empty after trying to take a photo. > > 1) The two times that this has happened, I have been photographing action, in > low light. Tonight was was with the 16-60, last September was with the 31. > > 2) It isn't a common occurrence, which makes it tough to send in for repairs. > However, it seems to happen at the worst possible time, i.e. when I'm very > busy shooting action, and don't have time to swap batteries, swap lenses, > swap cameras. > > 3) It happens with the Pentax, as well as off brand, batteries. > > 4) When my mirror locked up in Marin, it may have been a little chilly out, > but I wasn't taking lots and lots of photos. > > Any suggestions as to how to handle this? Who to talk to? > > > > -- > Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est > > > > > > -- > 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. -- 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.
