As you might remember, last July, while I was photographing comet Neowise my K-1 crapped out. This was particularly frustrating because this was pretty much exactly what I bought the K-1 for and while I was able to get some decent shots with the K-3ii, it wasn’t quite up to the performance of the K-1. I sent it off to Precision, then had to wait a couple months for the camera to return. Last weekend I noticed that the lens release button was sticking and my lens wouldn’t reliably latch in place. I sent them a note and got the reply: It’s out of warranty, you can try cleaning it, but if it doesn’t work you have to send it in (for I presume the full $390 for a simple cleaning).
Long story short, I was able the clean it, it seems to work. Precision is lucky they have a monopoly. > On Mar 15, 2021, at 11:43 AM, Trish Ferron <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hello Larry, > Thank you for your email. Unfortuantely your camera is not covered under > warranty any longer. We offer a 90 day warranty period from the ship date. > However, I did speak to the technician and his recommendation is below. > > We would recommend the customers uses a toothbrush and a little denatured > alcohol or Windex. > > Two things are very important. > > Keep body cover on the camera. > Have the camera facing down while doing so. > > He doesn't want to get the denatured alcohol or Windex in the camera anywhere > else. If this doesn't work, he will have to send it back in. > > Thank you, > Trish > > > Trisha Ferron, > Precision Camera Repair > Phone: 860-272-2100 > > > From: Larry Colen <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, March 12, 2021 6:29 PM > To: Trish Ferron <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Precision Camera Repair Tag 4706472 > > The lens release button on my recently repaired K-1 has started getting a bit > sticky. When I attach a lens, it doesn’t always entirely latch and I may need > to fiddle with the release button to get it to latch. > > 1) Is this something that is covered under the repair warranty? > > 2) Is this something that would be easily solved with a drop of graphite or > triflow lube on the (edge of the) > release button? > > What would be involved in getting this fixed? > > While I certainly don’t want to have a lens fall off because I didn’t notice > that it failed to latch in place, I’m also not really thrilled about the cost > of shipping and having my camera out of commission for another month or so > after already going without it for a month and a half last summer. > > Larry > > > -- > Larry Colen > [email protected] -- Larry Colen [email protected] -- %(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.
