Hi John.

Take care.

I am not a great photographer, not even a good photographer, but I know that I took better photographs, back in the days of using my Spotmatic II, manual everything, than I do with my K10 and K5, auto everything, I know you can still use manual if you want, and I am not blaming the cameras in any way, for my failings.

I know that I don’t have a photographic eye, my wife does and can take a good photograph, whatever camera is used.

But I just think that using manual, makes a lazy brain such I mine, think a bit more of what I am doing.

I think that was a long way of saying, Ted, is not at any disadvantage, without the auto everything working.


Take care.

My K5, has locked, I think three times, each time it was with the Pentax 100mm macro lens fitted.

Each time it was under the same condition. I was too close to the subject, therefore outside of the lens focusing range, which made it hunt, and the camera locked. Maybe it should not do this ?.

But as I have identified the problem, if the lens/camera starts hunting for focus, I just move back, to be within the lens close focusing range, and have not had it lock since.

Now I know under which condition it occurs, I can live with it, if however it continued to happen or started to lock under other conditions, then it would be a warranty claim.

As John has said, the best thing is to use it, because if there is a fault that is the only way its going to show.

Take care.

Hi Bernard.

I found the same problem removing the SD card from the K5, but the trick I now use is, to push the card in to release it, and instead of just letting it return, and then trying to grip it. I let it flip past the end of my finger, this gives enough card to grip and remove from camera.

Hope that makes sense, bit difficult to explain.


Take care.

Hi Jon.

My first Pentax, was a Spotmatic II, back in the mid 1970's.

Still have it and it works fine, only parts replaced were the light seals and the mirror bump rubber.



Take care.

How right you are.

I have a Pentax 100mm Macro WR, on a K5, I cant get anything like that sort of quality/magnification.

Take my hat off to, Hisham.


Take care.

Gwyn and Ken, thanks for your posts.

Gwyn.

Yes, read the hand book, but the screen that came up did not match the screen in the hand book flow chart, so tried to escape which, locked up the computer, thought that by switching of the ignition would clear it, but no such luck. I am sure the dealer will be able to sort, its just the embarrassment factor.

Yes it would make more sense to rent a car, but the snag is, I am now only permitted to drive an auto, and use a left foot accelerator and left foot for breaking.
Had to have a driving test/assessment before using this, I was a bit apprehensive because it was fifty years since I took my original test, the test was carried out by a police driving examiner, normal time taken to pass is five one hour sessions, but cleared mine on the first one hour session, had a rating up to normal police driving standard. Not sure if that is a good or bad thing.

Now hold a licence to this effect. No option of hiring a car. So have to grin and bare the depreciation.

Reason for the above, I have (Primary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis).


Ken.

No, there is a big warning in the hand book and on the on the battery cover, that the battery must only be disconnect by an approved dealer, or the electronic hand brake, gear box control and the auto eco engine stop start will system/ programme will be lost.
As far as I can see, what ever I have done to the on board computer, has not effected this. But thanks for the suggestion.
Just noticed in my previous post I said it was a Peugeot 3008, but it is the 30008.

Oh for the simplicity of the VW Beetle I had many moons ago.


Take care both, and many thanks.

Hope they set the clock to BST for you.

Had a go today at changing the clock on my Peugeot 3008, as I thought would happen, I crashed the on board computer, so now it will have be a trip to the dealers with a red face. Luckily it will still start and drive, well the electronic handbrake released, but not been on the road to see if the electronics will still operate the gearbox.
Hope they will reset it for free, its only done 110 miles, that’s since last November. Damn these electronics, the work of the devil himself.

But one success, after much trial and error, plus lot of very bad language, I reset the clock on my K5, trouble is I ended up pressing buttons that many times, I don’t really know how I achieved the end result, I think now it will stay on BST, much better for my blood pressure.

Used to have a Mitsubishi Shogun, that was approx £500.00 a time, for a service, and the depreciation, was eye watering. Cost new £25,000.00 plus, because I had extras fitted, sold for £1600.00, with less than 10,000 miles on the clock.


Take care.

A Peugeot 3008 crossover. Bought it new last November, so clock was set correctly at GMT, trouble is you have to go into the on board computer system to set the clock, which I am afraid to touch, as there are things like cruise control, speed limiter, auto engine stop start when driving in traffic, etc, all mind blowing.

Only clocked up one hundred and ten miles, to date, so don’t really know how any of these technical things work.

I have asked myself, why did a technophobe purchase such a car.:

Take care.

Why do we have to go through this clock change stress twice a year.

Reset my small walk around camera, the wife’s camera and my K10, given up trying to reset the K5, mission impossible I think, will also have to make time to take the car into the dealer to get that clock reset.

Much simpler when we just had to move the hands of a clock forward or backward.

Take care.