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Forum: Pentax K-5 & K-5 II
12-08-2011, 03:01 PM
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Now I feel a bit foolish. I bought my K-5 on cyber Monday from Abes of Maine. I fell for the "hard sell". I ended up with the 5 year 3rd party warranty (which BTW overlaps the 1 year manufactures warranty) for $150 with an upgraded 16GB memory card thrown in.
Is it possible to return the 3rd party warranty and get the aforementioned Pentax warranty? It has only been less than 2 weeks. I guess I'll find out tomorrow when I call, but thoughts would be appreciated.
Thanks
Adam
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Forum: Pentax K-5 & K-5 II
12-02-2011, 11:25 AM
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So I guess that seems to make sense that the old flashes both fried; either bad capacitor or filament.
On a followup, I am still looking for an inexpensive flash. Obviously, I am now leary of purchasing any used flashes, unless the seller can pretest the flash before delivery. Promaster does still make inexpensive flashes, and older models can be had for a song (even new). Does anyone have an opinion whether the flashes are complete junk, and should be avoided, or still of reasonable quality, but not like a new pentax or metz flash. Since I rarely use a flash, I'd rather not spend the money, but I do need a flash from time to time.
Thanks
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Forum: Pentax K-5 & K-5 II
12-02-2011, 09:19 AM
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Yes, the ready light goes on for both flashes. Just that the flash won't fire. Is there a way to test if the tube burst? If it is the tube, is it replaceable?
The problem is that though the tube breaking (even on two independent flashes) is a reasonable theory, the possibility of the camera causing the destruction is also possible (until I know otherwise) and I am reluctant to purchase new flashes only to have them destroyed again. On the flip side, I am reluctant to send back the camera if there is nothing wrong with it. Thus, I am in a bit of a quandry
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Forum: Pentax K-5 & K-5 II
12-02-2011, 08:25 AM
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No, the flashes no longer fire. But they do seem to charge up and you can turn on the LED screen light etc, so other than firing, there is power.
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Forum: Pentax K-5 & K-5 II
12-01-2011, 10:11 PM
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Hello all,
I just purchased a k-5 and I've dusted off all my old camera lenses and flashes from my zx-5 and z-1p days (about 7 years ago). Anyway, I've been trying to take some test pictures. When I turned on my Promaster FTD-7000M it test fired fine. Then I set it on my camera, press the shutter - no fire. Press the test button - no fire. Change batteries - no fire. Seemingly broken.
Well, I thought that the flash must be at fault. Don't know much about the quality of Promaster flashes, but there sure is a lot of features for the cost, so I would think that perhaps the flash is to blame. So, moving on, I tried to play with my Vivitar ring flash. Take a macro picture, flash fires (picture is totally washed out), but the Vivitar now won't fire again!! Same problem.
Now these flashes are Pentax compatible, at least they were for my aforementioned film cameras. Is there a compatibility issue with the k-5? Do I have a lemon k-5 that is causing the problem? or is it the lightning struck twice (figuratively) and my flashes spontaneously broke?
Thanks for any help,
Adam
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Forum: Welcomes and Introductions
12-01-2011, 10:00 PM
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HI,
I am an experienced novice and I have been a user of a couple of Pentax film cameras in the past (zx-5 and p1-p) and left the hobby for a few years. Since then, I've been mostly shooting family stuff with digital point and shoots. It was SO much easier than film. But I really missed the SLR control and flexibility. So, I finally bit the bullet and bought k-5 on Cyber Monday (w/ 18-55mm WR kit lens: $1134 at Abe's of Maine).
Well, just wanted to introduce myself and give a bit of info about myself.
Thanks,
Adam
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