Shutter failed? As in "mirror flop"? Google that, if you haven't already... It's a well known problem, mine had it, was repaired with a new mirror/shutter assembly, as I recall... They should fix it, free, IMHO.
Good luck! On Jun 16, 2013, at 8:12 PM, Paul Ewins <[email protected]> wrote: My K5 is waiting for repair at the local Pentax importer. The shutter failed after only 8000 shots so I am hoping to get it fixed free under our consumer protection laws even though it is out of warranty. Paul On 17/06/2013, at 9:07 AM, 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. > >> >> (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. > > > -- > Larry Colen [email protected] http://red4est.com/lrc > > > -- > 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.
