> On 14 February 2021 at 20:21 Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > On Feb 14, 2021, at 12:11 PM, John <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I tripped & fell and somehow managed to rip the display off the back of my > > K-1. Instead of hanging by 4 legs it's now hanging by one. I can't see any > > damage to the little cable that connects the display to the back of camera > > body, but the display is not working. > > > > It turns on & the auto-focus "appears" to work. > > > > Also broke the plastic rim around the eyepiece (that holds the rubber piece > > in place). > > > > I don't think I broke anything on me. > > At least not physically. That sounds like one frothy cesspit of suck. I had > only had my K20 a few weeks when it fell off of a monopod and landed on > pavement five feet below. I know what a terrible feeling that is. The good > news is that it seems that with the possible exception of some connectors, > all of the pieces that broke are probably just plastic case pieces. > > I suspect that the most straightforward solution is to ship it off to > Precision and pay their price. If you could find a dead K-1, you might be > able to salvage it for parts. > > Alternatively, I don’t know how far prices on used K-1s have fallen. > > In any case, I’m glad that the physical damage was confined to the camera.
Indeed; I understand cameras are much cheaper to fix than humans in the USA. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
