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Forum: Pentax DSLR Discussion
11-02-2019, 09:58 AM
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I suppose I will look into buying the new camera when it comes, but I will definitely keep my K-1 II... :-)
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Forum: Monthly Photo Contests
11-02-2019, 09:25 AM
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Forum: Winners' Showcase
11-02-2019, 09:25 AM
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Forum: Monthly Photo Contests
11-02-2019, 09:25 AM
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Forum: Monthly Photo Contests
11-02-2019, 09:24 AM
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Forum: Monthly Photo Contests
11-02-2019, 09:23 AM
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Forum: Monthly Photo Contests
11-02-2019, 09:22 AM
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Forum: Monthly Photo Contests
11-02-2019, 09:22 AM
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Forum: Monthly Photo Contests
11-02-2019, 09:22 AM
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Forum: Monthly Photo Contests
11-02-2019, 09:21 AM
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Forum: Monthly Photo Contests
11-02-2019, 09:21 AM
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Forum: Monthly Photo Contests
11-02-2019, 09:21 AM
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Forum: Monthly Photo Contests
11-02-2019, 09:20 AM
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Forum: Pentax Forums Giveaways
07-24-2018, 01:58 AM
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
06-22-2018, 08:09 AM
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Yes it did, unfortunately.
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
06-16-2018, 12:10 AM
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
06-14-2018, 12:48 AM
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You're right, the resolution is kind of low. It was a Douglas DC-3, easier to identify on this crop (I plan on posting better pictures soon, I need a bit more time)
Thanks!
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
06-12-2018, 10:08 AM
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Yes, I have the same feeling about the shutter release.
And I do agree with the backup camera universal law. I used to have a K-5 as a backup camera while using K-3, and never had any issue then... I had to sell both to buy the K-1 II :lol:
I'll look into getting a new backup :lol:
I have not found anything in the exif, but I might have missed something.
I attached the exif output, in case anyone wants to have a look.
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
06-12-2018, 05:15 AM
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Thanks guys,
I was surprised too, by how quick the decision was made to get the camera back and send refund.
The few questions that I had to answer, and the 2-3 things he asked me to do would tend to indicate that he was going through a list of basic troubleshooting "items" as you mentioned victormeldrew
And yes, I was pretty happy that he just offered a refund. I know I took good care of this camera, that it was not hit, did not fall or was not used in any hostile environment, but I still had the impression that at some point I could be confronted to someone mentioning a obscure "line in small characters" somewhere in the manual / terms of warranty and basically mentioning that they could not help... :)
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No accessory attached, the lens was the (fantastic) Pentax 150-450mm zoom. While testing I also mounted a 50/1.7 lens too.
I was planning on looking at the exif, but I have not done it yet. I loaded the pictures to my computer, but just had a quick look at the last ones to check for any corrupted file. They were all OK.
I'll let you know if I find anything abnormal.
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
06-12-2018, 02:39 AM
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Hi,
Unfortunately I experienced a malfunction of my beloved K-1 II this week-end while attending an airshow close to my home. I have been in contact with Amazon after-sale services and will get it reimbursed as soon as they receive it.
If you except the few (traumatic) minutes when I understood that I was not going to take pictures of the last part of the airshow in spite of my efforts, and the fact that I only used this camera for a month and a half, it was a rather positive experience. :)
Here are some details:
I had taken around 500 pictures, the battery in the body was about half-full. Since I was not taking pictures constantly, the camera had gone to power-saving, I woke it up by half-pressing the shutter release. I had to press it a bit harder for some reason. No problem. Camera awake, I was happy.
A few minutes later, same thing, I pressed the shutter release, but this time, no success.
No panic, I switched the camera off, then on again a few seconds later. The top display showed the 2 memory cards symbols blinking twice, then the display stayed blank. No way to wake it up. Since I have seen a few posts on resetting camera here, I took the battery out of the camera, but that did not do the trick. I did that again and waited a bit longer (5 min) before putting the battery back. No go. Again, I removed the battery and waited 15 min but still no joy.
Since the top display showed SD cards symbols, I removed the cards and tried again. No luck. I put empty cards in, changed battery. Nothing.
I gave-up.
The day after I contacted Amazon chat for support, and my contact got me to try a few things:
Starting with Menu pressed, to check any firmware display. Nothing (but I knew that, I had tried that as well).
Starting with shutter release pressed to reinitialise the camera (this one, I did not know, but I'll keep it in mind). No joy either.
Turning dials to different positions in case, I quote, "a bad connection would fool the body into 'thinking' that the shutter release is pressed". Nothing.
The chat session lasted about 10 minutes, and decision was made to send the camera back for reimbursement. It is now on the way to some Amazon office / warehouse, so I will soon be able to buy a new one.
I have no idea how this happened, and found no other feedback about anything similar on this forum, so I assume it is just an isolated incident.
Nevertheless, I thought I would let you guys know that it could happen, and no fix was found in my case.
I will soon order a new K-1 II, with no hesitation. It is a body that I loved using for this rather short time, and I am looking forward to using it again soon.
Cheers!
François
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Forum: Monthly Photo Contests
03-14-2018, 12:43 AM
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Forum: Monthly Photo Contests
03-14-2018, 12:37 AM
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Forum: Pentax K-3 & K-3 II
10-24-2016, 11:09 PM
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Hi Michael,
You can find the groups here.
There is a link in the menu at the top of the forum's page.
François
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Forum: Pentax Camera and Field Accessories
12-11-2015, 12:35 PM
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I use some Sandisk Extreme Pro 95MB/s and Lexar Professionnal 633x on my K3 and I am quite happy whith them.
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Forum: Welcomes and Introductions
12-07-2015, 08:58 AM
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Bienvenue ici, Sylvain! ;)
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