Agreed - I'll wait till the end of the week and see if it wants to live again - if not - well it's for the b..

Replacement will be later this year - though what I've no idea at present.

Let's get to grips with the K-x first - it's time to stop shooting automatically and start to take control of it , < shivering with a wee bit of fear >

Konrads

I quite agree with you - was just clutching at straws in hopes that it's something simple.

But really - 2 cameras dying on me in this short time [ the Fuji in August and now this Kodak ] - it's just unfortunate or mebbe it's me not meant to be using a camera .

That's a thought - will try .

Goes with Virtual Drinkies too

How do you think I feel ?

My Baby Brownie was my Mother's before they were married and they married in 1939 !!

[ Wish I knew where that was now }

That was fast

Going to John Riley as soon as I can get to the Post Office .

sorry to ask for help on this - but some ideas are needed.

I have a Kodak C703 P&S camera - handy wee thing , bought in 2007 [ I think ]

It has definitely been responsible for me getting more involved in Photography.

Since I got my K-x I have continued to use this , most recently for taking a record of the snow / ice clearance I'm doing in my back yard.

All was going well until suddenly yesterday the green ready light started flashing like and and the monitor went black - I'd taken about 4 photos from various angles . The lens was out

I took it that the batteries were dead - though I'd not noticed the indicator on the screen .

Went back in and changed the batteries - lens still out and the monitor was black . Got another set of batteries [ had been using Hybrios ] . No change . Not thrilled - went and found a set of Duracell rechargeables still in their original state on the Bubble card . Put them in -- nada

Disgusted - so grabbed the camera from the car [ wee HP 5 mega pixel job - had been my husband's walk about camera] finished the pics on that .

Put a set of Hybrios on to charge and left the Kodak alone till this morning.

Told Photomonk about this by e-mail and said that actually I was reluctantly coming to the conclusion that the K...k had demised .

We are both surprised since it's not by any means elderly .

His suggestion was to remove the SD card still in it , remove the batteries and put in a blank SD Card , and let the memory exhaust itself over a period of several days and then put in new batteries and see if it can be persuaded to come back to life .

I've done this , and will leave the camera alone in a warm room till Friday and then see what I can do , if anything , with it .

Anyone got any other ideas ? The manual isn't really any help - I have checked .

I've now looked at what was on the SD card in the Kodak - all previous pics are there OK but only the first one from yesterday

to anyone who wants

1) 5 Pentax filters
a) 30.5mm labelled W 21
b) 37.5mm labelled T43
c) 25.5mm labelled S.16
d) 30.5mm labelled UV
e) 25.5mm labelled Sky Light.

These are genuine - to my knowledge never ever been used . They are all in round screw top cases marked ASAHI PENTAX

The camera was a Pentax 110 [ bought in Singapore ] and it came with 3 other lenses and a Flash unit - sadly the camera is no more My daughter took it to London [ with lenses and flash ] intending to put them on E-bay for me but sadly the builders working in her house thought it was in the pile of junk for their skip and it errr vanished with the junk . The camera [ sadly but in this case possibly luckily ] was no longer working .

If anyone wants these - PM me

Gracious - I've just discovered a camera - possibly belonging to my husband upstairs in a drawer with lots of old bits and bobs yet another Kodak Instamatic , this being a 33 .

There are a few other bits of PENTAX stuff which I'll put as freebies in the Advert section .

Fortunately I have an elderly PC laptop for my daughter to use for work when she visits.

I was appalled to see no Mac Version and frankly for a non PC person this was not easy to do .

However it's done - so I hope I won't have to do another one for a looooooooooooong time