On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 11:16 AM, Bob Sullivan <[email protected]> wrote: > Christine N, > I gotta ask, was the replacement battery fully charged?
My best answer is: as far as as I know, yes. It was put in my bag about a week ago, after charging until the green light on the charger went off. > Charge the original and the replacement and then try this again. The original is charging now... I must say I'm skittish about putting the wacky battery back in there. > Any K-5 issues I've had were resolved by fully charged batteries. > (Not counting the 6 AA's I used for a while in the battery grip - very > weak energy source.) > (Autofocus with the DA60-250/4 seems to work better with a fresh charge.) This is why I changed out the batt when i first saw the charge was depleted -- looked "2/3 full"... I do think AF works better fully charged on the 50-135, too... Thanks, Bob. -c > Regards, Bob S. > > On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 7:04 AM, Christine Nielsen <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi all, Happy Monday. >> >> What do you make of this... >> >> Shooting at my daughter's gymnastics meet yesterday, I noticed my >> battery was starting to get low. I had an extra in my bag, so I >> switched it out. I took a shot, and then all kinds of clicking >> started to happen. It wasn't taking pics on its own, though that's >> what it sounded like... Maybe it was the sound of the mirror going up >> & down, I'm not sure... but it was all very odd. It seemed like the >> AF wasn't working, and once the clicking started, I couldn't get it to >> shoot. I shut off the camera, and turned it back on, to see if that >> would help. Nope. Each initial shot inspired a new round of random >> clicks and non-responsiveness, >> >> I took out the battery, and put the first one back in. This seemed to >> solve the problem, and I was able to continue as usual. I have yet to >> review the images, though... fingers crossed that the card isn't >> fried.... >> >> Still, I am left with lingering concerns.... Should I consider that >> battery (Pentax brand) a goner? I certainly don't feel comfortable >> putting it back into the camera... Has the camera been damaged in some >> way, deep in the electronic guts? What about the lens? Is it taking >> longer now to display the review image, or is it just my >> imagination??? Ugh. >> >> Larry... didn't you have a misbehaving battery situation not that long ago? >> >> Thanks for any thoughts... >> >> :) >> -c >> >> -- >> 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. -- 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.
