Espio125M
Posted 05/01/2004 - 16:28
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Will,
an E code followed by a number means you have a shutter fault.
Sounds like you've been really unlucky - unless you've dropped it at some stage!
If you send your camera to Pentax, they will send you a free repair quote which is likely to be around £50 and will include a full service and 6 month warranty.
If you don't agree to that, they'll just return the camera to you.
Have you tried removing the battery and film and starting again from scratch?
Sometimes replacing the battery will reset the system - just a thought.
an E code followed by a number means you have a shutter fault.
Sounds like you've been really unlucky - unless you've dropped it at some stage!
If you send your camera to Pentax, they will send you a free repair quote which is likely to be around £50 and will include a full service and 6 month warranty.
If you don't agree to that, they'll just return the camera to you.
Have you tried removing the battery and film and starting again from scratch?
Sometimes replacing the battery will reset the system - just a thought.
Die my dear doctor, that's the last thing I shall do!
Posted 05/01/2004 - 19:07
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Hi again
Many thanks for your response. Yes we have tried inserting a new and different brand of film, also changed the battery just in case. I just wondered if the Espio had had a history of unreliability/high failure rate and that ours was not the only one which had 'died'. I cannot recall the exact price we paid but I think it was in the region of £195 or therabouts. The camera is only 2 yrs old and I am guessing that the garuntee period expired at least 12 months ago. I would not have minded so much if the thing had had 500+films thru' it or that it had been subjected to rough service but 3-4 films in 2 yrs is hardly heavy use! I see that the model has been discontinued and am wondering if it is actually worth getting it repaired at all if there is a potential inherent design fault. I suspect this because both cameras failed
in exactly the same manner. The 'LE' code apparently denotes 'load error,' or so the kind man at Dixsons told us??
Think we might go for a Canon Sureshot instead!
Many thanks for your response. Yes we have tried inserting a new and different brand of film, also changed the battery just in case. I just wondered if the Espio had had a history of unreliability/high failure rate and that ours was not the only one which had 'died'. I cannot recall the exact price we paid but I think it was in the region of £195 or therabouts. The camera is only 2 yrs old and I am guessing that the garuntee period expired at least 12 months ago. I would not have minded so much if the thing had had 500+films thru' it or that it had been subjected to rough service but 3-4 films in 2 yrs is hardly heavy use! I see that the model has been discontinued and am wondering if it is actually worth getting it repaired at all if there is a potential inherent design fault. I suspect this because both cameras failed
in exactly the same manner. The 'LE' code apparently denotes 'load error,' or so the kind man at Dixsons told us??
Think we might go for a Canon Sureshot instead!
Posted 06/01/2004 - 16:31
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Personally Will, I'd send the camera to Pentax anyway and explain the situation in full - you never know, they are pretty decent folks!
Hard to imagine an inherent fault but it's possible!
Hard to imagine an inherent fault but it's possible!
Die my dear doctor, that's the last thing I shall do!
Posted 07/01/2004 - 08:05
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Will, I have to agree with Kimbo about your bad luck. In defence of the Espio cameras, I have used several over the years, the 200 and 115M being the most recent. I have always found them totally reliable.
Hope you get better luck with your next camera (whatever breed!)
Hope you get better luck with your next camera (whatever breed!)
Stephen
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Anyone out there had probs with Pentax Model Espio125M?
We bought one of these models as an Xmas present for my wife's parents and within 2 months (& only 3 films) the thing packed up altogether. The only clue was ' LE' followed by the number 11 which flashed up on the LCD.
We duly exchanged the camera for another (same model) and this. after only 2yrs has gone u/s with the same fault error code.
Is it worth getting the thing repaired?
If not, then have we (and Pentax) reached the stage where an 35mm compact can only be expected to last for the use of approximaterly 10 36 exposure films before we have to bin it and buy another?