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Dedicated in 1925 and built with white marble and concrete with bronze rails and a copper roof, today's Nathan Frank Bandstand — restored in 2000 — is still a Forest Park and St. Louis icon. The Flora Conservancy of Forest Park works with the City of St. Louis to maintain the beautiful floral arrangements around this area.

Forum: Monthly Photo Contests 02-15-2019, 04:17 PM

Poll: Expired Contest Poll VOTE NOW - Photo Contest #149 Poll (Contrasting Colors - January 2019)
Posted By maryjo

Replies: 39
Views: 5,567

I choose #13 . All of them are awesome though.

Forum: Post Your Photos! 07-20-2018, 06:47 PM

Backyard Wild Animals Contest opossum in the park
Posted By maryjo

Replies: 2
Views: 653

I did not get too close to him! Once we found one on our deck.... took a few photos and then shut the door til he went away . Once we found one sitting on our back gate... my dog and I turned around and went out the front gate..he was still there when we came back from our walk an hour later. And we live in the center of an urban city .

Forum: Post Your Photos! 02-07-2018, 09:09 AM

Backyard Wild Animals Contest opossum in the park
Posted By maryjo

Replies: 2
Views: 653

Opossum in the park on Christmas day 2016

Forum: Repairs and Warranty Service 01-14-2017, 04:34 PM

Precision Camera K-3 Repair
Posted By maryjo

Replies: 26
Views: 5,289

thanks, I'll do some research and see what I can find on the runaway mirror problem.

Forum: Repairs and Warranty Service 01-12-2017, 10:34 AM

Precision Camera K-3 Repair
Posted By maryjo

Replies: 26
Views: 5,289

well, I recently updated to version 1.30.
I have experienced the black shots just once since updating the firmware .
my SD cards:
SanDisk Extreme Plus 90MB/s HC I class 10 32GB and
SanDisk Ultra 30MB/s HC I class 10 32 GB,
both are relatively new.
I probably should have sent it back again before the warranty expired, but just did not want to deal with it , and it does happen infrequently.

Forum: Repairs and Warranty Service 01-10-2017, 02:01 PM

Precision Camera K-3 Repair
Posted By maryjo

Replies: 26
Views: 5,289

A followup on my K-3 camera repair.
I do not know if it is related to the original problem.

About 2 months after I got the camera back from Precision I developed the following problems-
1. Sometimes the camera just freezes up . Won't turn off , won't take a shot. So far, removing the battery has solved that problem.
2. Ocasionally , my images show up as totally black screens. I shoot in both Raw and JPEG, 2 separate cards.Later when reviewing the photos on the PC, the JPEG was okay , but the RAW is blank Black. Sometimes both are blank totally black shots. This most often happens when I have the camera set to take multiple shots , but has also happened when shooting just one shot at a time.
Again, so far, removing the battery and the SD cards and starting over will get it working again. One evening , this happened multiple times. Most times , it's just one or two times.

I bought brand new SD cards , the best recommended , and now format my cards on my PC with SDFormatter, but that doesnt seem to help.
I am up to date on all firmware updates, just did that last one recently.

Altho it was still under warranty thru August , I declined to send it again for another month to Precision.
It only happens occasionally , although once it was as the most inopportune time and I did not get the shot I really wanted.

What it has done is caused me to doubt my investment in Pentax/Ricoh. I would really like to invest in a longer zoom as well as a wide angle lens, but that isn't going to happen when I don't have a lot of faith in this camera anymore. If/When it fails, I guess I'll have to explore my options. I only have 5 pentax lenses and am not going to invest any more .
I'm sorry to have lost my confidence in Pentax, as I loved both of my DSLRs, the Kr and the K-3 . I absolutely love the K-3. I never doubted my choice of Pentax till now.

Forum: Post Your Photos! 01-10-2017, 01:10 PM

Best of 2016 Miraculous Staircase
Posted By maryjo

Replies: 2
Views: 786

You are right, a man with a donkey and a toolbox, in 1878.I don't know about the single nail, that's interesting.

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Forum: Post Your Photos! 01-10-2017, 01:04 PM

Best of 2016 Red Panda Snow
Posted By maryjo

Replies: 6
Views: 1,150

Beautiful! My favorite zoo pet!

Forum: Post Your Photos! 01-10-2017, 01:02 PM

Best of 2016 Eagle with fall colors
Posted By maryjo

Replies: 9
Views: 1,133

Glorious! I love this photo!

Forum: Monthly Photo Contests 01-10-2017, 12:57 PM

A Chance Encounter
Posted By maryjo

Replies: 1
Views: 511

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