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Forum: Pentax K-5 & K-5 II
06-23-2012, 04:30 PM
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I bought my K-5 in late Nov 2011, and I LOVE it! However, it did just what you described above (and what others later have listed such as the battery empty deal). The first time it did it I was VERY upset as I did NOT have a spare camera with me on our vacation. So, when we went back to the hotel room I played with the camera, turning it off and on, replacing the battery, changing lenses, etc. etc. until finally it just started working again! Then, it did it again last Sunday on a Senior photo shoot! Luckily for a friend! Again, I sat and tinkered and pushed buttons, and finally it started working again. Then, this afternoon, same thing, though I was just taking "fun" photos for World Pentax Day! Anyway, that's when I found this forum.
Since I was certain it had to do with the mirror or something else electronic, I didn't consider that it might be the lens. However, I did just get a new (well, new to me from B&H used store) lens and was using it when it happened each time. So, I put on another lens, had to play with it a while trying all sorts of things to get it working again, and went out and shot 228 photos (some on continuous shooting!). I had the same lock-up problem about 3 times in that photo shoot, BUT, all I had to do was turn the camera off and on and it would work again. However, I do think this means there's something wrong with the camera as well as that lens, right??
Thanks for this forum to let me know what's happening!
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Forum: Post Your Photos!
12-11-2011, 12:41 PM
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Here's one of my shots here in SW Missouri at 6:57 am as the moon was setting with my new (Cyber Monday!) K-5 with my mom's old Pentax M film camera 210 mm zoom lens with a 2x teleconverter. This shot was f 4.5, ISO 3200, 1/60 second.
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