Re: K-5 IIs locks up - did the recent firmware updates fix, it?

[John Sessoms]

I had something similar happen with the K20D. Had to take the battery 
out for several minutes before it would work again. It's only happened 
once and it's been long enough since it happened I don't remember the 
details too clearly.

I did have a problem with just the front wheel "freezing" while I 
shooting early in the morning in January at the Grand Canyon. Couldn't 
change the aperture. Turn the wheel and nothing would happen.

Fortunately the front wheel in the battery grip continued to work. And 
later in the day, after the sun was up & the ambient temperature rose, 
the front wheel started working again.

From: Bruce Walker
Me three. K100Ds and K20D never exhibited this freeze-up. I'd be really pissed. On 
Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 11:14 AM, Kenneth Waller <kwal...@peoplepc.com> wrote:
Me too! I've never had anything of the kind with an ist D, K10D or K 20D.


-----Original Message-----
From: "J.C. O'Connell" <hifis...@gate.net>
Subject: RE: K-5 IIs locks up - did the recent firmware updates fix it?

Ive never had any of these type episodes with my istDS in 7 years. I use
NIMH batteries and the camera just goes dead until I put in a newly charged
set.

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J.C.O'Connell
hifis...@gate.net
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-----Original Message-----
From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Christine Nielsen
Sent: Monday, April 08, 2013 9:34 AM
To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List
Subject: Re: K-5 IIs locks up - did the recent firmware updates fix it?

I'm with you, Rob... I experienced this the other day with my K-5...
it just wouldn't shoot.  Turned off, turned on, battery out, battery
in, new battery, AF off, AF on, nothing... meanwhile, the hockey game
goes on... I grabbed the k-01, took the 60-250 off the k-5,  slapped
it on (whoa), and was back in business.  Sort of.  Minutes later, I
tried the k-5 again, with the 21mm, and lo & behold, it's working
again.

Later, at home, the 60-250 back on the k-5, everything seems to be
fine.  I'd send it in, but these little episodes are pretty random and
infrequent, they could have the camera for weeks, trying to get it to
show symptoms...

In the end, I wonder if it's just simply because there's a computer
inside the camera... and this is just analogous to the spinning
pinwheel of death that everyone sees on their monitor now & then...?

It's beyond frustrating, though.  Especially when shooting at sporting
events where I don't have time for that nonsense.

:(
-c




On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 7:21 AM, Rob Studdert <distudio.p...@gmail.com>
wrote:
On 8 April 2013 20:39, Bipin Gupta <bip...@gmail.com> wrote:

That's all lovely but when I'm shooting the 5 mins of performance of
the night that counts I want my top of the line body to just work, I
find it incredible that Pentax delivers cameras that exhibit these
fundamental engineering related problems.


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