"Cannot Display Image" - pls help
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Posted 10/02/2021 - 18:20
Can't say what your problem is but the camera looks to be suffering badly from dust on the sensor suggesting the camera has been left without a lens or body cap in situ. It would seem to require a good overhaul.
I wouldn't think it is a memory card fault, more likely the shutter getting stuck half way. Perhaps someone else has experienced the issue and resolved it. Sand or grit getting blown in might cause a sticky shutter, if it is that.
John K
I wouldn't think it is a memory card fault, more likely the shutter getting stuck half way. Perhaps someone else has experienced the issue and resolved it. Sand or grit getting blown in might cause a sticky shutter, if it is that.
John K
Last Edited by JAK on 10/02/2021 - 18:23
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Posted 10/02/2021 - 18:29
I've not experienced an issue like this but it sounds plausible that it's a shutter problem - that last partial shot may be the shutter failing and if all subsequent shots are black then that would be the shutter failing to open at all 
You would probably need to have it checked over by a service centre or competent camera shop to confirm (or otherwise) - Sorry I can't be more positive, but do wait for other suggestions, maybe someone else has had this same issue as JAK says
LennyBloke
You would probably need to have it checked over by a service centre or competent camera shop to confirm (or otherwise) - Sorry I can't be more positive, but do wait for other suggestions, maybe someone else has had this same issue as JAK says
LennyBloke
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Posted 10/02/2021 - 18:51
JAK wrote:
Can't say what your problem is but the camera looks to be suffering badly from dust on the sensor suggesting the camera has been left without a lens or body cap in situ. It would seem to require a good overhaul.
I wouldn't think it is a memory card fault, more likely the shutter getting stuck half way. Perhaps someone else has experienced the issue and resolved it. Sand or grit getting blown in might cause a sticky shutter, if it is that.
Can't say what your problem is but the camera looks to be suffering badly from dust on the sensor suggesting the camera has been left without a lens or body cap in situ. It would seem to require a good overhaul.
I wouldn't think it is a memory card fault, more likely the shutter getting stuck half way. Perhaps someone else has experienced the issue and resolved it. Sand or grit getting blown in might cause a sticky shutter, if it is that.
Yeah its had a rough old life this camera, its definitely in dire need of some TLC but I dont have the expertise to do it or the money to get someone else to do it. Could be time to put it out to pasture if I can't sort this issue.
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Posted 10/02/2021 - 18:53
LennyBloke wrote:
I've not experienced an issue like this but it sounds plausible that it's a shutter problem - that last partial shot may be the shutter failing and if all subsequent shots are black then that would be the shutter failing to open at all
You would probably need to have it checked over by a service centre or competent camera shop to confirm (or otherwise) - Sorry I can't be more positive, but do wait for other suggestions, maybe someone else has had this same issue as JAK says
I've not experienced an issue like this but it sounds plausible that it's a shutter problem - that last partial shot may be the shutter failing and if all subsequent shots are black then that would be the shutter failing to open at all
You would probably need to have it checked over by a service centre or competent camera shop to confirm (or otherwise) - Sorry I can't be more positive, but do wait for other suggestions, maybe someone else has had this same issue as JAK says
Thanks for ur advice, yeah I've just managed to recover one of the images and it's entirely grey so I reckon ur right about the shutter. Ah well, after 10 years of pretty poor treatment she was gna pack it in eventually, what can you do.
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Posted 10/02/2021 - 18:59
Maybe try and track down a new camera body if your lenses are OK?
John K
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Posted 10/02/2021 - 23:39
You seem to care enough to want to get it right and you have come to the right place to find oodles of advice so maybe you should indeed find a new body and rectify the 'I know sod all about cameras'. It feeds on itself because the more you know the more enjoyable it becomes.
Both the *istDS and the K5 are incurably addicted to old glass
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Both the *istDS and the K5 are incurably addicted to old glass
My page on Photocrowd - link
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Posted 11/02/2021 - 09:24
It sounded like data being corrupted but if other cards also fail to work then it's either that the camera is corrupting the data itself or, as others suggest, a shutter problem.
Go into the menu and set the camera to operate without a lens (if not already set to do so), take the lens off and set the camera to a bulb (B mode) exposure. Press the shutter button and keep it down and look down into the mount to see if the shutter is moving.
A K-x is unlikely to be worthwhile repairing, you could find another used one for less than the cost of the repair. It was a decent camera in it's day and I'm sure you can find a replacement or even a newer model for very little.
Pentax hybrid user - Digital K3 & K200D, film 645 and 35mm SLR and Pentax (&other) lenses adapted to Fuji X digital
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Go into the menu and set the camera to operate without a lens (if not already set to do so), take the lens off and set the camera to a bulb (B mode) exposure. Press the shutter button and keep it down and look down into the mount to see if the shutter is moving.
A K-x is unlikely to be worthwhile repairing, you could find another used one for less than the cost of the repair. It was a decent camera in it's day and I'm sure you can find a replacement or even a newer model for very little.
Pentax hybrid user - Digital K3 & K200D, film 645 and 35mm SLR and Pentax (&other) lenses adapted to Fuji X digital
Fan of DA limited and old manual lenses
Last Edited by Jonathan-Mac on 11/02/2021 - 09:30
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