Re: K5 came with an extra bit - what is this?

2013-02-04 Thread Charles Robinson
On Feb 3, 2013, at 11:52 , John Sessoms wrote: > > Based on what I see & a quick look at my own K-20D, I think you've got it > exactly right, it *is* the locator pin from a battery grip & the previous > owner just doesn't know it's missing. Maybe the previous owner didn't have a > battery grip

RE: K5 came with an extra bit - what is this?

2013-02-03 Thread John Sessoms
From: Charles Robinson I found this odd plug of metal in one of the screw holes on the bottom of the K5. I'd have left it in there but the silver tip sticks down further than the little "feet" on the bottom of the camera so it had to go. http://charles.robinsontwins.org/photos/2013/IMG_2219.JPG

Re: K5 came with an extra bit - what is this?

2013-02-02 Thread Charles Robinson
On Feb 2, 2013, at 15:30 , Bob Sullivan wrote: > Charles, > It's a locating pin off of the battery grip. > Tell the original owner he is missing the pin on the front-left of the grip. Har. That's what I told him originally in my email. He states that everything's working fine sans-pin... so...

Re: K5 came with an extra bit - what is this?

2013-02-02 Thread Bill
On 02/02/2013 3:30 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote: Charles, It's a locating pin off of the battery grip. Tell the original owner he is missing the pin on the front-left of the grip. And there you have it. A QC problem... William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mail

Re: K5 came with an extra bit - what is this?

2013-02-02 Thread Bill
On 02/02/2013 3:13 PM, Charles Robinson wrote: I found this odd plug of metal in one of the screw holes on the bottom of the K5. I'd have left it in there but the silver tip sticks down further than the little "feet" on the bottom of the camera so it had to go. http://charles.robinsontwins.or

Re: K5 came with an extra bit - what is this?

2013-02-02 Thread John Francis
On Sat, Feb 02, 2013 at 03:13:26PM -0600, Charles Robinson wrote: > I found this odd plug of metal in one of the screw holes on the bottom of the > K5. I'd have left it in there but the silver tip sticks down further than > the little "feet" on the bottom of the camera so it had to go. > > http

Re: K5 came with an extra bit - what is this?

2013-02-02 Thread Bob Sullivan
Charles, It's a locating pin off of the battery grip. Tell the original owner he is missing the pin on the front-left of the grip. Regards, Bob S. On Sat, Feb 2, 2013 at 3:13 PM, Charles Robinson wrote: > I found this odd plug of metal in one of the screw holes on the bottom of the > K5. I'd h

K5 came with an extra bit - what is this?

2013-02-02 Thread Charles Robinson
I found this odd plug of metal in one of the screw holes on the bottom of the K5. I'd have left it in there but the silver tip sticks down further than the little "feet" on the bottom of the camera so it had to go. http://charles.robinsontwins.org/photos/2013/IMG_2219.JPG A pliers was able to