Well, upload 'em all into one humungous gallery and let's have a look! And welcome back. :-)
On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 3:21 PM, Gerrit Visser <[email protected]> wrote: > I put almost 6000 shots on my K5 this last trip. No lock ups. My Sigma > 18-250 would on occasion refuse to focus at 18mm, just needed a wiggle on > the zoom barrel to wake it up. > > Gerrit > > -----Original Message----- > From: PDML [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Sessoms > Sent: April 9, 2013 2:01 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: K-5 IIs locks up - did the recent firmware updates fix, it? > > 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 > <[email protected]> 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" <[email protected]> >>>> 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. >>>> >>>> ----------------- >>>> J.C.O'Connell >>>> [email protected] >>>> ----------------- >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: PDML [mailto:[email protected]] 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 >>>> <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>>> On 8 April 2013 20:39, Bipin Gupta <[email protected]> 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. > > > -- > 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. -- -bmw -- 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.
