I find these reports of premature K-5 issues a little disconcerting. I don't know if any of you use Twitter (or other social media) but making a little noise on there (and directing comments to Pentax Ricoh Japan, as well as in your home country) could get you a little expedited attention.
On Sun, Jun 16, 2013 at 8:12 PM, Christine Nielsen <[email protected]> wrote: > Ah...yikes. Well, I would think you still have a good case... I hope it all > works out in your favor. > > > > > On Jun 16, 2013, at 9:04 PM, Paul Ewins <[email protected]> wrote: > > No, according to the tech I took it to first (assuming it to be a less > serious issue) took one look at it and told me the shutter has collapsed and > must be replaced. Basically the shutter doesn't retract fully so you are left > with a black stripe across the top of all of the images. If you go through > the sensor clean routine you can see the shutter blades blocking the bottom > of the sensor. In all other respects it still works normally. Apparently it > is the usual way that shutters fail when they have been heavily used, except > that mine has only done 8% of it's rated life. > > Paul > > > > > On 17/06/2013, at 10:49 AM, Christine Nielsen <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 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. > > > -- > 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. -- "Photography is a Bastard left by Science on the Doorstep of Art" - Peter Galassi -- 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.
