Originally posted by Hoyerman Hi there,
Well - as luck would have it, just 52 days out of it's 2 year warranty, my Pentax KP has developed what I believe to be some form of deep-rooted electronic issue. Basically, the SDM/DC autofocus has stopped working and the camera function has slowed down considerably. Interestingly, the autofocus continues to work for any Screw-Drive AF lens I own - just not on any SDM/DC lens such as my Pentax 18-135 ED AL (IF) WR (kit lens as supplied with the camera) or my Sigma 10-20mm DC HSM.
The symptoms are as follows - 1. AF not working as described. 2. Electronically, the camera seems very slow to page through menus via the 4 way switch etc. 3. MF indication constantly shown on status screen - does not change when AF/MF switch operated (unless using a screw drive lens). 4. Once yesterday I actually had to remove the battery to turn the camera off.
I have reset the camera via the menu, tried 2 different SDM/DC lenses, tried fully charging the battery, plus an alternative battery - all with no change. Given that the lenses are 2 different makes I feel the problem is likely within the camera body.
Has anyone else ever encountered anything similar or have any advice?
Many thanks,
Mark
Back in December, our cat jumped into my lap and knocked my KP a few feet onto a carpeted floor - and suddenly my KP would not AF at all ...... with any lens.
A 'raffle' was running here - with a KP as the 'prize - and suddenly I thought I had a real reason to receive it.
Later in the day, I thought that the SR might have caused the firmware to 'qlitch' - so I took the battery out for a few minutes to force a really cold reboot.
After I put it back in ..... and the camera has acted normally ever since.