If you remove the camera battery, wait a few minutes and then re-insert it might reset the camera and solve the problem. I presume you can't get the camera to actually do anything? If you can, then a factory reset and/or firmware upgrade might do the trick.

The Pentax version is the same, and it's just a consequence of the design.

The 18-270mm came later and is a much tighter construction.

Yes it did, and once there things progressed quite reasonably. The work as I mentioned was exemplary and the lens looks like new.

If it proves anything, it's that just travelling with one camera body and/or one lens has a risk element, as cameras and lenses do fail. In all the years I have used Pentax, since around 1975 full time, I have only had two camera faults and two lens faults. The cameras were an MV and a K-1. The lenses were an SMC Pentax-A 50mm f/1.7 and the 43mm Limited. Both failed with mechanical problems - jammed manual focus and/or aperture ring.

I think the first thing to look at is whether or not a digital filter has been accidentally switched on? Also perhaps try doing a Firmware update.

Philip, I would say that there is something fundamentally wrong with the universe, but that is another tale for another day....

The value of Pye to just one decimal place is around 4.5 months.

The story begins with an SMC Pentax-FA 43mm f/1.9 Limted lens that had started to let me down in terms of AF. It just wasn't doing it, not every time but too often. Then the manual focusing jammed as well, so it was on the telephone to John Pye Technical, and it took a bit of running around to actually find the correct department in what seems to be a huge company with many fingers in many, er...pies?

So eventually on 11th November 2022 the lens went off to Pye via DPD, who delivered it the next working day on 14th November 2022. So far so good, but by early December a call was made to make sure it was in progress. "We may have to send this to Germany for repair, we'll get out technician to look at it." OK, checked again before Christmas 2022. "We may have to send this to Germany for repair, we don't think we can do it here." OK, then send it please.

Mid January, "We may have to send this to Germany for repair, we can't do this here." I requested that perhaps whoever had decided that it needed to go to Germany might find some sense of urgency about it.

Eventually a quote came in mid February, which I accepted rather than having a useless lump of beautifully engineered metal and glass, and eventually, yesterday, the lens actually arrived back home. I have no problem with the repair. Everything sent came back (hood, lenscap, etc.) and the work was impeccable. The length of time it took is something else. It's a good job we have plenty of spares and no one lens is essential.

So, to conclude, the value of Pye is 4.5 months. The value of Pi goes on for ever, probably much longer than 4.5 months to express it.

My apologies, I changed the title, but now I've chnged the post as well.

The deed is done!

There's no doubt that Pentax User is something special and congrats to Steve for the 2000th post! It's 2001 already, so here's to your next 1999....

Exacta 35mm film cameras from the 1950s onwards, but noew discontinued. It is possible that Alpa also made a left handed camera, but not 100% sure on that.

Left handed people unfortunately have to struggle on with right handed cameras, the modification has to be the user themselves! Perhaps using a remote control with a tripod mounted camera would be a possibility?