On Feb 6, 2012, at 8:44 AM, Christine Nielsen wrote: > On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 11:27 AM, Larry Colen, [email protected] (From > Droid) <[email protected]> wrote: >> My problem was that when I'd try to take a picture it would turn off, but >> yours sounds like a more common problem. > > "Common", as in "frequent", "usual"? Have you heard of this happening before?
I think the discussions call it double actuation or something. > > In any case if it's not a battery, it's probably a power supply. > Contact Pentax, or CRIS and see if you can get things lined up before > sending it in. >> > > Yes, I think I am going to get in touch, at least before I put the > battery back in the camera... With my camera, my problem was very intermittent. I don't think that you're likely to do any damage. I'd try it with the battery again. Then put a fresh topping off charge on the battery and try it yet again. I suspect there's a good chance that the problem was caused, and cured, by taking the battery out, not by which battery. It could also be related to the temperature on the circuit board, in which case having left the camera off for hours would fix it. If it's an intermittent problem, it's good to know how to cause it, so that they can make sure that they did indeed fix it. LRC > > thx, > -c > > >> 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. >> >> -- >> Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. >> >> -- >> 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. -- 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.
