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K5 Sensor Issues...
It's on their website though.
Posted by DrOrloff on 14/12/2010 - 16:42
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It's on their website though. Well that's different. 'robbiec' mentioned "front page news" so I assumed (incorrectly) that he meant the magazine and not their web page. Sorry!
Posted by SmutjeUK on 14/12/2010 - 16:47
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My mistake all, its for the website only, not mentioned on their magazine, no doubt it will appear in next weeks news section of the magazine though.
Posted by robbiec on 14/12/2010 - 16:51
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Pentax should have had the proper story ready..... now rumours will spread and cause loss of sales. It would take about 5 mins to put the glass under a microscope and see if the problem is within the glass in which case a 3rd party could be held responsible. Makes me think the problem isn't wi...
Posted by Algernon on 14/12/2010 - 17:03
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Amateur Photographer (magazine) Cheers :)
Posted by Smeggypants on 14/12/2010 - 20:04
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[quote:3496ace15f="SmutjeUK"] Meaning that if you did not have had the problem first but have 'blobs' after 700 shutter activations it should not be the glass that is at fault but may just be 'oil splatter' and should be easily cleaned. But then that wouldn't be 'the problem' as in this widesprea...
Posted by Smeggypants on 14/12/2010 - 20:07
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My K-5 has arrived safely in Watford, thank goodness. Huge sigh of relief here.
Posted by Gwyn on 15/12/2010 - 19:49
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It'll be sitting with mine then Gwyn!:D
Posted by jules on 15/12/2010 - 20:46
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Does anyone know if the people at SRS verify that the replacement K-5 is free of the sensor marks before shipping it out?
Posted by Dave_Evanson on 15/12/2010 - 20:53
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Does anyone know if the people at SRS verify that the replacement K-5 is free of the sensor marks before shipping it out? I would imagine they would check all existing stock and return it to Pentax for replacement. It's an awful lot of K-5s worldwide though. It seems the rate of faulty units is...
Posted by Smeggypants on 16/12/2010 - 01:21
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I spoke to SRS on Monday and was told that Pentax were checking each camera before sending it to them. He had checked the first three on arrival and all were OK. As he had twenty more coming an a few days, assured by Pentax, I ordered one. Should be here any day now.:lol: They were very helpfu...
Posted by Monobod on 16/12/2010 - 01:29
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It's an awful lot of K-5s worldwide though. It seems the rate of faulty units is around 50%. Where has Pentax or anyone stated that 50% of the units are faulty? You cannot base your assumptions on a poll here.... I had heard its around 5%, but again I don't have first hand correct information from P...
Posted by GDN on 16/12/2010 - 07:38
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Chris assured me they are checking the cameras before sending them out. Smeggy - you cannot draw that conclusion - those who are satisfied with their K-5 don't respond to this sort of thing. Plus many many owners are not on forums anywhere to report or deny a problem. The number is unknown bu...
Posted by Gwyn on 16/12/2010 - 09:54
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It's an awful lot of K-5s worldwide though. It seems the rate of faulty units is around 50%. Where has Pentax or anyone stated that 50% of the units are faulty? You cannot base your assumptions on a poll here.... I had heard its around 5%, but again I don't have first hand correct information from P...
Posted by Algernon on 16/12/2010 - 10:00
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I shouldn't have to tell anyone this, but make sure that you read DrOrloff's statistical proof on Page 4 of this thread before dismissing the 50% faulty figure. People reply to posts without reading the previous ones :shock: Obviously the 50% figure will go down as more cameras are checked befor...
Posted by Algernon on 16/12/2010 - 10:06
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An early morning post Algi... ;) As the saying goes 'there are lies, damn lies and statistics'. You can't take the polls here and on other forums as being the definitive '50% are faulty' figure. As I said earlier I don't know how many are fault, surely only Pentax would know how big a messup it i...
Posted by GDN on 16/12/2010 - 10:09
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The 20 new cameras thet SRS were getting were not for replacing duff ones AFAIK. I got the impression that they were mostly new stock satisfying back orders. I think that this camera is selling well, dispite the problem, which SRS told me was a small number in relation to total sales. lets not ...
Posted by Monobod on 16/12/2010 - 10:29
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Bad news always travels faster than good news!
Posted by johnriley on 16/12/2010 - 10:34
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I wouldn't have mentioned it if they hadn't been getting concerned on the other forum about false information being put out, including stuff about sensors overheating, it doesn't help, but it is the internet and that's full of false information :lol: Just purely based on the number of people ...
Posted by Algernon on 16/12/2010 - 10:38
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As a newbie here I hope you won't mind me adding a comment regarding '% faulty'. Photographing a white sheet at f22 and then viewing it @ 100% is not something most owners of a new camera would naturally do. I certainly wouldn't have done, were it not for reading the two threads on this forum. It...
Posted by Jimbro66 on 16/12/2010 - 10:56
