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11-25-2018, 06:53 PM - 2 Likes   #1
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Ode to the K5

We are gathered here to mark the passing of a faithful little body that has travelled with me, heck, for 5 years?

It was bought prior loved with an intermediate fault of the SR system failing, and today, just in time for Christmas, it has finally given up.

Asking of it to capture a Indian Minor with it's child perched the with the sun shining toward it was to much. It finally let go. Activating the shutter now has it locked in a clickclikclicklickclick techo styles dance where you can only regain control by pulling the battery.

The we ol' thing captured a bunch of moments. To many friends, to many pleasant memories, heck it saw my engagement.

Ye K5 with Serial 3842406, with 33,727 images under your belt (I'm sure one of you nerds is keeping track of when these things die), I thank you.

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Sorry for your loss. What's next?
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Sure it's not that battery that died?
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33,727 Seems a little low for a failure. Mine was sold with some 75,000+ actuations and exposed to temperatures of -20C regularly along the way. It had plenty of life left to give. Mirror flop can occur due to a variety of reasons and is in many cases repairable.

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My hats off to you and yours. (But check the battery)
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Tried a couple of batteries, still the same Techno tune.

I'll post a vid in a sec so you can all enjoy a good head bang.

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Sorry for your loss. What's next?
No idea, maybe an ancient cheap 5D just for giggles. But most likely a K3.
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QuoteOriginally posted by tromboads Quote
Tried a couple of batteries, still the same Techno tune.

I'll post a vid in a sec so you can all enjoy a good head bang.

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No idea, maybe an ancient cheap 5D just for giggles. But most likely a K3.
Ah, the K3. I like mine, but I also like my K5IIs. Good luck.

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Turn the volume up for a real banger.


*sniff*
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Love my K-5, still going strong. Sad to hear of your K-5's demise, is it fixable?
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Tromboads, bad about the K-5.
Good about C R Kennedy still have black friday special on KP. $999.
(You will have to wait until 17 Dec for delivery, but the price runs out tonight!!!)
I replaced my K-5 about this time last year and do not regret it.
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QuoteOriginally posted by tromboads Quote
We are gathered here to mark the passing of a faithful little body that has travelled with me, heck, for 5 years?

It was bought prior loved with an intermediate fault of the SR system failing, and today, just in time for Christmas, it has finally given up.

Asking of it to capture a Indian Minor with it's child perched the with the sun shining toward it was to much. It finally let go. Activating the shutter now has it locked in a clickclikclicklickclick techo styles dance where you can only regain control by pulling the battery.

The we ol' thing captured a bunch of moments. To many friends, to many pleasant memories, heck it saw my engagement.

Ye K5 with Serial 3842406, with 33,727 images under your belt (I'm sure one of you nerds is keeping track of when these things die), I thank you.
This is a little late but have you done tried a firmware reload. The Shake Reduction is made up of magnets, sensors, microprocessors, of those only the microprocessors can cause what your camera is doing I think. I would suspect low voltage as well. But, I would think its very fixable and probably something minor. But getting another used camera is your best bet besides reloading the firmware. Try turning off Shake Reduction? I know it moves to its home position even turned off, but maybe.

Good Luck

Before burial ...
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Ah yes tried all the "restore factory defaults" and firmware reset just because.

Have been running it without SR for some time now, it started to play up probably 12months ago. So , yeah, all things considered, she's done well
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QuoteOriginally posted by tromboads Quote
We are gathered here to mark the passing of a faithful little body that has travelled with me, heck, for 5 years?

It was bought prior loved with an intermediate fault of the SR system failing, and today, just in time for Christmas, it has finally given up.

Asking of it to capture a Indian Minor with it's child perched the with the sun shining toward it was to much. It finally let go. Activating the shutter now has it locked in a clickclikclicklickclick techo styles dance where you can only regain control by pulling the battery.

The we ol' thing captured a bunch of moments. To many friends, to many pleasant memories, heck it saw my engagement.

Ye K5 with Serial 3842406, with 33,727 images under your belt (I'm sure one of you nerds is keeping track of when these things die), I thank you.
You may wish to add it to the Serial Number Database. See Pentax Serial Number Database - PentaxForums.com
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