My istD has never shown low battery readings on turning on, unless the batteries are genuinely flat! It will show a low or zero battery charge after using the built-in flash, but the On/Off fix works every time. I use Eneloops in it and they last a looooong time. I would agree that checking the terminals, on both camera and batteries, would be worthwhile.
HTH John Coyle Brisbane, Australia -----Original Message----- From: PDML [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Steve Cottrell Sent: Sunday, 7 July 2013 7:48 AM To: pentax list Subject: Re: sick transit my istD ??? On 5/7/13, Ann Sanfedele, discombobulated, unleashed: >Well I did Dave Brook's trick of taking out batteries and letting >camera alone for a while - wiped the lid part with a soft lint free cloth... >didnt try to reach inside contacts. > >Leaving the camera without batteries for a while did it finally but >this happening when I really needed the camera ... well.. very scary Our istDs does that all the time. I just bang it against the wall for good measure and it makes me feel better. Batteries out, 5 mins, batts back in. Works. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) | Web Video Producion ---------- <www.seeingeye.tv> _____________________________ -- 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.
