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Optio SV exploded view
Hi, My Pentax Optio SV recently fell about 4 inches onto a rock during a timershot on a windy hilltop and the end of the lens (the bit with 'SMC Pentax Lens' on it) has pinged off exposing the lens barrier workings. The automatic lens barrier no longer works and this obviously exposes the lens to...
Posted by Anonymous on 23/07/2005 - 07:56
Optio SV exploded view
If you email Pentax, and say you are looking for some spare parts, they will email back a parts diagram (provided this is a relatively recent model which they still support). G
Posted by George Lazarette on 23/07/2005 - 10:44
Wanted: Older firmware (than 1.10) for optio 330
Hi, My optio 330 camera worked fine. I recently installed new firmware (version 1.10) on my camera. Now the camera isn't working, i can only acces a small menu when there is no card in the camera, and i can access the camera from my pc. So there is hope, because i can still update firmware. ...
Posted by Anonymous on 07/08/2005 - 17:26
Battery Depleted?!...
You didn't say what camera it was ;) If it's an Optio S40 (or similar) this exact same thing happened with a colleague's S40. Turned out to be the focus mechanism. The camera had been dropped and had put the focus slightly out of bounds so the camera couldn't work things out when powered up (so i...
Posted by MattMatic on 07/11/2005 - 09:42
Optio 330GS & USB Driver Problem with Windows XP
Hi, any help gratefully received. I am no longer able to use my camera on my Windows XP PC. The camera used to connect correctly, but no longer works since installing some Microsoft patches to the operating system; I can only guess that the problem is related to incompatibility of the Pentax code...
Posted by PaulBryanBill on 28/08/2005 - 13:01
Pentax optio 33l
My optio 33L isnt allowing me to take pictures at all. It will play back pictures but the LCD screen is just black and when i click to take a picture it just takes a black screen. Can anyone shed any light on this?? Thanks. Apart from this the camera seams to be operating as normal.
Posted by Anonymous on 31/08/2005 - 19:55
mz5 flash popup doesn't work!
I too learned the hard way about the flash. I have an mz5 that I retired a few years back when I went digital, and now that I've bought an istds2 I've taken alot of pk stuff out of storage. It seems obvious now, but that camera should've been stored with the flash up, because storing it with tension...
Posted by Anonymous on 04/11/2005 - 15:28
mz5 flash popup doesn't work!
I've left my mz-5 with the flash popped up for the last week or two, and it seems to have a little more snap in it. not like it used to, but at least it goes all the way up....maybe a few more weeks or months and the springs memory will come back...
Posted by Don on 15/11/2005 - 03:56
mz5 flash popup doesn't work!
Good Day Everyone, I've just come back from the Pentax timeline database where I looked at pictures of MZ5's (first I've seen - pretty). I know - I've gotta get out more. Think that's bad? Wait 'til you hear this! I understand how our eyes and rangefinder cameras compute distance by triangula...
Posted by Anonymous on 15/11/2005 - 10:21
mz5 flash popup doesn't work!
From Boz: This system works as follows. The main mirror which is semi-transparent in the middle lets a fixed amount of light pass to a small auxiliary mirror at its back. This mirror redirects the light to a light sensitive CCD-sensor which makes a decision on whether the image is in focus, and t...
Posted by George Lazarette on 15/11/2005 - 10:26
mz5 flash popup doesn't work!
George! You can't believe how much your post has helped. I wish to thank you not only for the explanation but for your patience. (Then he goes on to further test it...) Do those honkin' great auto focus telephoto lenses have their own power supplies or do their motors get juice from the cam...
Posted by Anonymous on 15/11/2005 - 14:36
Long exposure
Thank you Matt. I glad I finally asked this question. I had tried my hand at shooting moon and stars. It was quick and without any photographic wothiness - like I said an experiment. So, my question is what would happen if I shut-off the noise-reduction (NR)? I would really hate to waste so much ...
Posted by JointComms on 08/09/2005 - 13:18
General question re. mechanical SLRs
Thankyou for your reply MattMatic, The same thought occured to me too, the release button is positioned between the winding crank, shutter release and exp. comp. dial. as opposed to being underneath the camera as you'd normally expect. The button would appear to be stuck in the release position ...
Posted by Kimbo on 22/09/2005 - 16:26
General question re. mechanical SLRs
Thanks Kim, I also received this reply from another forum: The OM2S is a pretty complex camera to start working blind, so you might want to be cautious about changing things until you are more sure of the problem. The rewind button being in the depressed position virtually never has anything t...
Posted by Kimbo on 30/09/2005 - 15:51
My LX keeps letting me down !
Fed up with my best LX as every time I go out on a job it lets me down ! Last time I used the Metz 45 CL3 with Pentax TTL module I tested it indoors - flashed perfectly - when I got to the job, 32 schoolkids with teachers and lady presenting certificate it wouldn't FLASH and the LED lights wouldn't ...
Posted by Peter Elgar on 01/10/2005 - 14:05
My LX keeps letting me down !
Well, I went out on the job with small piece of kitchen foil under the black battery cover to press down on the batteries and get on the job,and flash then NO FLASH again ! It seemed to be intermittent. I HAVE paid to have the camera serviced and new seals put in at great expense, but it's just usi...
Posted by Peter Elgar on 02/10/2005 - 12:19
Cooler Temperatures and A New Problem on My Spotmatic II
Hi All, Just back from a weekend of (trying to) photograqph migrating Canada Geese on our lake. Early morning, in the mist - about 8 degress C. Got the old Spotmatic II with a 135 Super Tak and shooting at 1/30sec. And the mirror sticks up! When I wind and fire the next frame it pops back down. I...
Posted by Anonymous on 03/10/2005 - 02:01
Cooler Temperatures and A New Problem on My Spotmatic II
Kim, Oh, when the high speeds fail - what's "Capping"? Thank's again It's happens when the leading shutter slows down so the trailing shutter overtakes it. This leads to uneven exposure and at the highest speeds can result in a blank exposure in the worst case or in a lesser case, one part of ...
Posted by Kim C on 03/10/2005 - 14:43
stuck M42 lens
As I was unscrewing a vivitar 135mm lens from the camera (the pentax M42 to bayonet adapter of course remained in the camera, I understand about the springy thing to get that off with my fingernails) it seemed to be a bit harder than usual to unscrew and the focus ring of the lens sort of came loose...
Posted by davidxgreen on 08/10/2005 - 13:38
stuck M42 lens
Hi, There is a certain amout of supposition here but We will have to stsrt somewhere. I rather suspect that when you took the Vivitar of something came loose. Is your 1.4 an SMC version or a Super Tak. If it is the former, check to see if it is fully on the mount. If not the reason it is set on aut...
Posted by Kim C on 08/10/2005 - 15:50
