I called CRIS and talked to customer service and then a "tech". Tech didn't seem to want to acknowledge his awareness of such a problem. He first suggested it could be the battery. Told him it had been freshly charged, but understood that it could be a "bad" battery. His next suggestion was to clean the camera and lens contacts. I got no acknowledgment of there being a mirror motor problem. Actually I only heard crickets upon mentioning it. After a few seconds of dead air, I thanked him and hung up. I've noted which battery was in the camera today. Both are Pentax and bought at the same time...but.(?) Thanks, Paul for the lead.
Jack ----- Original Message ----- From: Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> Cc: Sent: Monday, January 28, 2013 2:21 PM Subject: Re: Freeze up/ Lock up That sounds like the mirror motor problem that plagued my K-5 and Christine's. That's how it started, and removing the battery was my temporary fix as well. If it is that, it may progressively get worse. CRIS said they could fix it, but due to a parts shortage, they ended up sending me a new camera instead. Paul On Jan 28, 2013, at 2:40 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.
