I've read such low battery comments. I don't recall the battery status on the previous lock up, but this battery was my backup inserted yesterday when the existing showed 'prox 1/3 low. I may need to review my focus check habits. :)
Jack ----- Original Message ----- From: Bob Sullivan <[email protected]> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> Cc: Sent: Monday, January 28, 2013 11:45 AM Subject: Re: Freeze up/ Lock up Try more battery power (2nd battery in grip) or a fresh charge all around. Mine gets a bit wonky when the battery is low. It's a fooler because it's related to the immediate drain of current. The battery is down at 1 bar, but returns to 2 or 3 bars when if I shut the camera off. Regards, Bob S. On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 1:40 PM, Jack Davis <[email protected]> wrote: > For the second time my K5 locked up during a shooting session. Seems to > happen when I'm doing continuous focus checking. > I seem to be compelled to continually verify focus while waiting for the hawk > or..?. to fly. > Seem to recall something about "heat" caused by this habit possibly being the > cause.(?) > Has anyone asked a tech about this? C.R.I.S maybe? > I release the battery door and catch, the contacts are broken and upon > reconnection, the problem is fixed..for the moment. > Not a difficult fix, but it takes a moment I don't always have. > > Thanks! > > Jack > > -- > 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.
