I've already mentioned that my K20D has a great big (about 150 pixels) defect clump right in the middle of the sensor.
Yesterday I took my K10D out for some exercise. Ended up out at the airport on the observation deck just as a thunderstorm was sweeping over the active runway. One of the images I wanted was the wind-sock against the dark storm clouds. Decided I needed just a little fill flash to lighten up the sock. Make it POP! Could not get the on-board flash to give me a proper exposure. I could get the sock illuminated, but even with the flash dialed down as far as it would go, the background was blown completely out whenever I used the flash. Even with manual exposure. I could either get the sock & background exposed without the flash (which either made the background too light or the sock too dark), but when I added the flash the sock would be exposed & the sky would be completely whited out. And then, sometime over night the monitor on my internet computer died. The inverter for the back-light is failing. I can turn it off & back on & I'll get the display back for about 10 seconds before it goes black once again. If I take a flashlight & shine it at the screen from the side, I can see the ghost of my desktop. I'm really angry about it, because I'm pretty sure it could be fixed with a $0.15 part. ONE FRIGGIN IC! But there's no where to get it fixed. I could even do the repair myself if I could just find the part. But all the places that used to be sources for electronic repair parts and all the places I used to be able to get a TV or monitor repaired have gone out of business. I hate this fuckin' disposable society! -- 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.
