On Jun 16, 2013, at 7:07 PM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote:
On Sun, Jun 16, 2013 at 12:26:21PM -0400, Christine Nielsen wrote:
>
> It happened at a bad time, too. We flew to North Carolina for the National
> High School Outdoor Track meet this weekend... After the first 400 meters of
> the 4 x 800 meter relay championship race... in which my son & his team were
> competing .. The camera stopped working. I had shot a couple dozen frames at
> the meet already, no problem. But, then, it just stopped. Wouldn't focus,
> wouldn't shoot, no matter the on/off, in/out/switch of battery, lens switch,
> shooting mode change, etc. it turns on, but when you press the shutter, it
> freezes, and the LCD says "battery depleted" (though it is not). Then, it
> won't do anything. That was yesterday, same story this morning.
That might have been the same thing I went through with mine when the power
board died. It happened a couple of times, then once when I was on a
paid gig. Fortunately, I had my K-x as a backup.
>
> Not sure if this is a warranty repair or not... Especially since the mirror
> flop fix of last year... Will check my paperwork when I get home. Wondering
> if I have reached the point of throwing good money after bad, at least on
> this camera.
>
> Maybe you'll be hearing from me again on for sale Friday....
So, Boris and I are both sending K-5s in to CRIS for repair.
One thing that we are considering is that if they both need
different expensive parts, then take the best of each to make
a good "frankenfive". If one of them does get parted out, and
yours doesn't need the same part as the other, we might be able to
all three team up for a good one.
Is CRIS going to go for that? At this point, I might be interested in selling
it back to them for parts. Har. Keep me posted... I plan to be in touch with
them tomorrow.... Which will likely result in not much more than getting me all
riled up again, but is unavoidable nonetheless.
>
> (For the record, my "back-up camera", the K-01, also made the trip, my
> husband was shooting video with it at the time. Glad we have that, anyway.)
I cannot tell you how many times I've had something go wrong at
the racetrack, when I've had the spare part that I need, a
couple hundred miles away at home. It just wasn't with the
quarter ton of spares that I had with me at the track.
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