Your message brightened my mood, Marnie! 8-) Thanks. Jack
--- On Tue, 12/1/09, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: OOPS!! > To: [email protected] > Date: Tuesday, December 1, 2009, 10:27 AM > In a message dated 12/1/2009 7:44:57 > A.M. Pacific Standard Time, > [email protected] > writes: > > Happens to the best of us. (Obviously.) > > Glad you're okay, which is the important thing. > > Marnie :-) > ============ > Sad moment.. I was unloading gear after returning > home from a short photo > trip. Was carrying the "mother" bag, a satellite bag > containing the K20, DA > 16-45 etc. and a light tripod (3001 Bogen w/mini ball > head). "Bogen" is > easier to spell. > As I approached the door into the house, I caught my > toe on the edge of a > throw rug. Thought I was going down so, per survival > instinct, I emptied my > hands to help catch myself when I contacted the > cement floor. > All but the mother bag on my shoulder went to the > floor in sort of a > forward throw. Later, when I turned the camera on, all I > had on the display was > a flashing F.. Lens was difficult to remove and was > obviously not mating > with contacts. Upon removing the lens, with some effort, I > could see a slight > bend in the lens mount on the body. > I put the lens on a K10 and found it mounted OK, but > would not focus on > the "S" setting and shutter would not release. In "C" > mode. while the focus > indicator light indicated "in focus" at the narrow > end, the images were soft > beyond help. Element scramble maybe.(?) > Both K20 body and lens are on their way to the new Pentax > repair facility > at 250 North 54th st, Chandler, AZ 85226. > > Jack (sniff) > > > > --------------------------------------------- > We can't solve problems by using the same kind of > thinking we used when we > created them. Albert Einstein > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
