The shutter/mirror problem described here recently by Christine occurred one time too many, so I shipped the k-5 off to C.R.I.S. for repair. In addition to the occasional clicking/non-fire condition on the K-5, the shutter would occasionally get just a bit loud. All related I assume. Both conditions seemed exacerbated by heat and fully charged batteries. I think I have more than 30,000 frames on the camera -- I'd have to check my files to be sure -- but in any case, it's been used hard and often, so I don't mind having to pay for a bit of maintenance.
Still waiting for C.R.I.S. to return my two 540 flashes, both of which were acting up after years of hard use. Will be nice to have two units functioning perfectly. At least that's the result I'm hoping for. I'm using the K-7 for now, which, aside from much more noise at higher ISO, is quite similar. I do think the K-5 autofocus is a wee bit better, but the difference is slight. And there's the k-7 shutter noise. It almost scared me at first:-). The K-5 is one quiet camera. Paul -- 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.
