Reading my message from yesterday.... I should clarify I meant that the
shutter itself likely can't be repaired, but the camera is repairable
with a replacement shutter. My message was not clear on that.
On 12/9/2014 11:47 PM, Zos Xavius wrote:
My much abused old K-7 sometimes develops a power fault and only takes
half frames. A few power cycles clears it. That's not going to fix
your problem though unfortunately. The only fix is likely to replace
the shutter. Sounds like yours went bad. That camera is totally under
warranty and you should have sent it in yesterday. Don't try to fix
something yourself when you can have a pro look at it for free. They
will make it right and probably replace the shutter, so you will get a
brand new shutter too hopefully as well as having your mount
recalibrated. The chances of that happening are pretty rare so I
wouldn't count on winning the lottery anytime soon.
On Tue, Dec 9, 2014 at 11:09 PM, Mark C <[email protected]> wrote:
I had a similar issue with a PZ-1p.... It was a mechanical problem with the
shutter assembly itself. No repair possible and since the camera was pretty
old when it happened no replacement shutter assembly was available either.
Since the shutter is such a purely mechanical part of the camera, it would
probably be best to get it replaced if it is not working well - I don't
think there is much that can be done to fix it. At least it should still be
under warranty.
Mark
On 12/9/2014 9:57 PM, Juan Buhler wrote:
Hello all,
This is my annual coming-out-of-lurking post :)
Some time ago, I was shooting a time lapse with my K3 on a tripod. The
camera was working great, as it has since I got it last January.
I went to change the camera angle, and when I put it on live view to
tweak the framing, the top part of the image was black. The shutter is
not opening all the way, the curtain shows about 1/4th of the way.
This happened all of a sudden: all the photos in my time lapse were
fine. There were no bumps or drops, just me stopping the time lapse
and putting the camera in light view.
It keeps doing it regardless of what I do--fresh battery, shoot on
continuous high speed, set the camera on sensor cleaning mode. The
shutter just doesn't want to open all the way.
Given that it's been less than a year, I suppose this should be
covered under warranty. I'm about to send it in, but I wanted to ask:
has anybody had an issue like this? Any recommendations on how to fix
it myself?
Thanks!
j
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