Thanks guys. Will send it in right away. I've been procrastinating on that because I've been shooting with the M9, and lately, with a Ricoh GR I just got. My first Ricoh, it makes me happy that they bought Pentax. What a photographer's camera! No-nonsense, everything is programmable, tiny and with the same sensor size as a Pentax DSLR...
Anyway, I'll get that K3 fixed soon. j On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 6:00 AM, Mark C <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >>>> >>> >>> --- >>> This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus >>> protection is active. >>> http://www.avast.com >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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. > > > > --- > This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus > protection is active. > http://www.avast.com > > > -- > 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. -- Juan Buhler - http://www.jbuhler.com -- 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.
