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It may be that the battery is on its way out. Any way that you could check that one out? New are cheap enough to get a second one (and its always handy to have more than one or two). Remember that the battery will loose its power over time so if your battery is more then 2 years old it may just ...
Posted by SmutjeUK on 04/12/2010 - 08:05
K-5, my first experience
Hi all, Last night I took the opportunity of having a good band in my local RBL Club to test my new K-5 with both lenses (the 18-55mm WR & 50-200mm WR) together with the Pentax AF 360FGZ. The first thing I noticed is that the Battery Chamber Cover is very loose and pops open even when sliding the ...
Posted by SmutjeUK on 05/12/2010 - 09:23
K-5, my first experience
Be careful with a diffuser as it zaps a lot of the flash power. I wouldnt set a load of settings in and save them for next time as if conditions change then so will your settings and if you forget to amend them you'll have a load of images that are not right and you'll be back to square 1 again! I s...
Posted by SmutjeUK on 05/12/2010 - 10:24
K5 owners
I have an identical blob to Dr Orloff. I'm not sure what to do - I don't shoot plain walls very often, I don't shoot at F22 very often. I could clone it out. But - why should I? I can't bear the thought of sending it back and losing it for months but it seems to be a manufacturing error which Penta...
Posted by Gwyn on 05/12/2010 - 13:18
K5 owners
I have an identical blob to Dr Orloff. I'm not sure what to do - I don't shoot plain walls very often, I don't shoot at F22 very often. I could clone it out. But - why should I? I can't bear the thought of sending it back and losing it for months but it seems to be a manufacturing error which Penta...
Posted by philstaff on 05/12/2010 - 13:36
K5 owners
These are my spots :( Crop 1 Crop 2 I tried several lenses just to be sure. Cleaned the sensor. No back up camera. My serial number starts with 3828 for what it's worth. Signed Heartbroken of the Netherlands :cry::cry:
Posted by Gwyn on 05/12/2010 - 13:58
K5 owners
Wow Gwyn you have loads :( I'm still not sure what I'm going to do with my faint marks but I would send it back if I had as many as you, plus the one very dark blob.
Posted by thoughton on 05/12/2010 - 14:07
K5 owners
OK - since I don't have a K5 I really should stay out of this - BUT To my mind , there are so many of you with this that Pentax are not going to be able to wriggle out of it . Why don't all of you contact the dealer you bought the camera from ? Chris knows how many he has supplied from S...
Posted by techno-terminator on 05/12/2010 - 14:22
K5 owners
Clearly it's a fix-under-warranty issue. I would be stamping my feet for a replacement camera as well though, although there's not much chance of that happening. At least the cameras are usable so you can delay sending them back until a convenient time, by which point hopefully the problem, the resp...
Posted by Pentaxophile on 05/12/2010 - 14:31
K5 owners
I have reported the issue to Chris. Clearly it seems widespread and my guess from reading all the problems is there must have been something wrong on the production line. And even worse, quality control hasn't picked it up. Pentax will have to sort this out, it will damage them if they don't. It...
Posted by DrOrloff on 05/12/2010 - 15:04
K5 owners
I have reported the issue to Chris. Clearly it seems widespread and my guess from reading all the problems is there must have been something wrong on the production line. And even worse, quality control hasn't picked it up. Pentax will have to sort this out, it will damage them if they don't. It...
Posted by philstaff on 05/12/2010 - 15:31
K5 owners
If I had a mild case of this I'd probably put up with it until the cause / solution to the issue was established by Pentax / Sony (as applicable), and give them chance to revise their manufacturing process. I would certainly send it back within the warranty period though!
Posted by Pentaxophile on 05/12/2010 - 20:05
K5 owners
It would be a good idea to make sure some of these problems are not just sensor dust, before sending anything back anywhere. It can happen that if items are returned under warranty and there's no fault, just user error, then people get charged. I'm not saying Pentax would, but some manufacturers ...
Posted by johnriley on 05/12/2010 - 20:18
K5 owners
Seems simple to me, take it back and swap it for a new one. It's a short enough time scale to demand that under the Sale of Goods act due to it not being free from defects. Simple. Had an issue with the K-7, took it back, exchanged it, the replacement was also faulty so got a refund and bought ag...
Posted by Unlocker on 05/12/2010 - 20:49
K5 owners
Seems simple to me, take it back and swap it for a new one. It's a short enough time scale to demand that under the Sale of Goods act due to it not being free from defects. Simple. Had an issue with the K-7, took it back, exchanged it, the replacement was also faulty so got a refund and bought ag...
Posted by Pentaxophile on 05/12/2010 - 21:11
K5 owners
I noticed mine pretty early on, I thought I'd got some dust on the sensor, as it was only one speck I didn't bother too much. But as previously said I will check it out later, when the light is better and I can do it under controled conditions, I will of course also try a blower followed by a clean ...
Posted by fatspider on 05/12/2010 - 22:18
K5 owners
Seems simple to me, take it back and swap it for a new one. It's a short enough time scale to demand that under the Sale of Goods act due to it not being free from defects. Simple. Had an issue with the K-7, took it back, exchanged it, the replacement was also faulty so got a refund and bought ag...
Posted by Unlocker on 05/12/2010 - 22:28
K5 owners
My one as well, but not as bad as others :cry::cry::cry::cry: by , on Flickr Will post in the vote as well. Hope Pentax does a recall and exchanges the faulty ones rather then just repairing them. No out comes my Panasonic again for the time my new toy is away. Wait till we got an answe...
Posted by SmutjeUK on 06/12/2010 - 10:15
K5 owners
A user on DPR has posted actual photos of the marks on the sensor itself confirming that it is on the underside of the AA filter (he used a Raynox 250, and presumably a micro focus rail): http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/readflat.asp?forum=1036&thread=37101106&page=3 (3rd post down).
Posted by thoughton on 06/12/2010 - 14:18
K5 owners
To be honest, it is not as bad in my ones as in others but I am pi***t of as I spend nearly £1400 and would expect something that has had a proper QC. Pentax CS said to me that "we become aware of a small number of problems" and that I could send the camera back for a replacement if it is effecting...
Posted by SmutjeUK on 06/12/2010 - 14:38
