I must've missed that one when I was doing my own research... I have a logger and geotag my jpegs, but don't currently do raws... What s/w do you use to geotag raw files ? And does the geo info in the exif follow when converting to jpg? (I use adobe or Capture One LE)

Thanks,
Jamie

Late Update...

The guy I was dealing with on the phone was apparently having a bad day (week? month?) and was acting "not very nicely" according to the Pentax rep I complained to at the recent Photographic show in Toronto...
The rep I spoke to (a sales rep) directed me to another person on the floor (their 'techie guy', he said) who wrote me a note to take with me to present the next time I'm in the Mississauga area (where their Canadian office is).
When I mentioned that I don't get up that way often, he said it didn't matter, to come when I could, they wanted to "make it good"

Feeling better now... Thanks, Pentax

Very informative.

Thanks Matt.

Jamie

And on that note, does anyone have an original to look at that would post the voltage, amperage, polarity and plug information?

Thanks

(No, this isn't a troll, just a feeble attempt at humour)

I just noticed that the shiny metal endcap on my Optio M40 is rattling, because one of the screws holding it in is gone and the other loose...

Pentax Canada wants, and I quote "Part#76990 A224 S Screw 1.4x2.0, $2.25 ea. plus shipping $10.00 plus taxes"...

When I emailed back and mentioned that it was under warranty, they responded that I had to package it up, send it to them with proof of purchase, whereupon they'd fix it and post it back, probably costing me and them a total of about $30...

I emailed them back and if they were to mail me the screw it would cost them $.50, but they would not.

Argghh - I even offered to send them a self-addressed, stamped envelope with a photocopy of my purchase receipt, but they didn't even respond to that one...

SO, does anyone have a dead Optio M-whatever (I think they probably used the same screws) which they can send me one of the screws from? I'd be happy to send a self addressed envelope along with funds to cover postage...

Jamie

DavyC : as you post the items, could you paste links into this thread? I'm looking for an FA35....

Jamie

Just read that last night - page 15...

I'm inclined to think it wasn't the cold, since it works fine sometimes in the cold... And, it wasn't the batteries. We're used to batteries performing poorly when cold - though the temperature was -15 outside, the camera was nowhere near that cold as it had been in the house, and in the warming-up car for about 10 minutes, by which time the interior temp of the car was probably +15 or so, so the batteries shouldn't even have dropped below +10 or so...

I'm also occasionally getting the squeaking Unlocker mentions...

I'll keep a close eye on it...



John, Matt, Pete (and all you other warm-weather sissies ) :

-15 isn't unnormal, and this is southern Ontario - When I lived in Northern Ontario (about 600km north of here) it was -45 for 7 or 8 mornings in a row that winter, and usually averaged about -25 during the day... Not sure what it was at night, it was too cold to go out anyway... That's why I'm way "down here" in the south now

And there's a lot more Canada north of that...

Jamie

OK - after buying a K20D to replace my K10D (which had a broken LCD screen) I've had a funny thing happenning...

My DA* zoom (either one) seems to, when you first turn the camera on, move so slowly as to seem like it's not actually focusing. The first time this happenned, I switched to manual focus and took the shot. It was a grab shot, and I took several with some minor focus adjustments and switched the camera off, promptly forgetting about the slow focus...

The second time, I didn't switch to manual focus, and instead relied on the clutch and manual focused anyway, and took the shot. However, I started playing with things to see what was happenning... After rotating the focus back and forth several times, it suddenly started working as if nothing had ever been wrong. But after switching it off, letting it sit for a bit and then re-trying, it did it again... and does regularly, but not consistently.

Admittedly, it's cold here (-15 deg C - it's February in Canada after all) but I don't think that's the issue - the camera didn't feel especially cold or anything, it had only sat in the car for a bit while the car was warming up...

What's goin' on? Any theories? Happenned to anyone else?

Jamie

Wellll.......

Actually, I was considering sourcing a new screen and attempting to fix it and use it as a backup....

Ask me again in a couple weeks