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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
04-24-2017, 09:15 PM
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@Focusrite, thanks for the suggestion. I am going to test everything suggested here and determine if I need to send this in for service which I think I will have to. I really love this camera and I guess that's why it bothers me. I also have a pretty awesome Lumix GX8 but there is something about M4/3 that I don't dig. I use both cameras for all my shoots but the Pentax photos have a particular look... Plus I shoot astro and this camera has given me uber amazing shots.
Worst case I will have to have it serviced. I didn't think buying a K5 or K7 would be an answer since I will pay less just getting mine fixed. I bought mine used and it was flawless...I have taken it to Iceland and it has seen severe weather for sure...I can say I got my money's worth! LOL.
Thanks again! Please keep the suggestions coming if there is anyone else that thinks something may be done.
Lola
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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
04-24-2017, 04:16 AM
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Thank you and all who have answered. Most of my cards are from Best Buy and I have one or two that came from amazon. It's worth to check them anyway. I didn't know about that validation service so thanks for that.
I spent a couple of hours doing a test shoot for an upcoming wedding and played with the settings which I normally don't do, and I still got a couple of black frames. I made sure all the cards were empty and reformatted and the camera had a fully charged battery. This appears to be random. I just noticed it happened once when I changed the metering but I still think is random. I did clean my lenses and the camera contacts with alcohol and I didn't get as many as I have been but I still did.
I'm so bummed.... I don't know if to try to trade in the camera and buy another brand but I really like this camera and all my lenses are Pentax. Do you know if the k5 or k7 are as good as the k3? What about the k1. Is it a real change?
Thanks again!
Lola
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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
04-20-2017, 01:14 PM
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Sure, see attached, i just uploaded the actual black jpg frames because it does not allow for dng formats to be uploaded here. as you can see from the screen shots I posted before, even if the camera was set to bracketing, there is no reason to get the empty frames. I didn't change locations for the camera to assume it was too dark. I shoot almost always in bracketing mode so I know how to use it and it was working fine. now I get these empty frames even when shooting single mode.
I also reset all settings to factory default (or I think they are factory default) and is still does it. could it be the lens? i use a tamron 28-300, brand new... Thanks!!!
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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
04-19-2017, 07:08 AM
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Hi there and thanks for your reply. I attached images of how frequent this happens and the exif file. The firmware in the camera is the latest 1.10.
I also thought of something else, could this be a problem of communication between the lens and the camera?
Thanks!!!
lola
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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
04-18-2017, 07:13 AM
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Hi there!
I am new here. I have a Pentax K3ii and for a few months I have been getting a lot of black frames instead of photos written in the SD card.
I use SanDisk UHS 1 Extreme and Extreme pro cards with 80 and 90 mbp/s speed but just recently I have been experiencing this.
I have changed out the cards and made sure the batteries are fully charged.
I tend to shoot in bracketed mode and when this started I was getting one out of three shots with just a black frame. now it happens even in single shooting mode.
The photos it does write, writes fine, no issues. I even bought new cards thinking my cards were bad but the issue is still happening.
Has anyone had this problem? if yes, how did you fix it?
I am about to send it in for repair but they charge ~$250 just to send it in so I wanted to check in with all of you first.
Any feedback is appreciated!!
Lola
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