Also if it makes you feel any better I was stupid enough to push the quick release button on a tripod which caused my K-5 and 12-24 to both crash into the asphalt 5 feet below. Neither fared very well. I also was stupid enough to leave that same camera somewhere I thought was secure with my belongings only to return to find that it disappeared. Luckily only a $50 50-200 was attached. It magically returned to me 2 months later in even worse shape. That camera was pretty cursed I tell you. Thankfully I replaced it with a K-5 IIs which focuses 100x better and just never looked back.
I hope you get it sorted. :( On Sun, Apr 17, 2016 at 9:40 AM, Zos Xavius <[email protected]> wrote: > it would probably be a really easy thing to repair. You would have to > make sure the weather sealing gasket for the bottom plate was clean > and correctly placed is all. parts are hard to come by. the first > option would be to find a completely broken camera with a good bottom > plate. that would be cheaper than precision or any service center. If > the door is the same as my old broken K-5 I would gladly cannibalize > if for you. My K-3 is back at precision for the THIRD time so I cannot > compare. :/ > > Did the camera see a fall or anything. If it hit hard you might want > to have someone check it out anyways or at least test it thoroughly. > It will operate without a battery door and the battery does lock > inside the camera. Not ideal, but at least you can test it out. > > Eric can get pentax parts thought he does not service digital cameras. > You could ask him if he could get a bottom plate for your from Pentax. > Just an idea. > > http://www.pentaxs.com/ > > > > > On Sun, Apr 17, 2016 at 9:24 AM, Daniel J. Matyola <[email protected]> > wrote: >> I was once stupid enough to knock a whole camera (Spotmatic) off my >> table onto the cobble stone walkway. >> Dan Matyola >> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola >> >> >> On Sun, Apr 17, 2016 at 1:20 AM, steve harley <[email protected]> wrote: >>> On 2016-04-16 15:30 , Darren Addy wrote: >>>> >>>> No idea how it happened, but I know I was stupid enough to leave the >>>> camera with the battery door open. >>> >>> >>> if this helps you a little bit, i was stupid enough to leave the whole >>> camera once >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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.
