I have considered that course of action. On September 22, 2015 11:37:49 AM EDT, "P.J. Alling" <[email protected]> wrote: >I had that issue with a *ist-Ds, the answer was Radio Shack Tuner >Cleaner/Lube. Take out the batteries, spray it in the gap around the >wheel. Let it sit for about half a hour for the volatiles to evaporate. > >Wipe of any visible residue. Put the batteries in and test. Repair >would be much more than the cost of a replacement camera, unless it's >under warranty. The K-r doesn't have any weather sealing so it should >work. > >On 9/22/2015 9:26 AM, Larry Colen wrote: >> I've been using Nicole's K-r as a backup body this weekend. On one >> hand, I've been impressed with how well it does and what a huge >> improvement over the K-x it is. Unfortunately it seems to have a >> flakey control/thumb wheel. Sometimes it works OK, sometimes it will >> not read a click, sometimes it will only feed signals for going one >> way, no matter which way you turn the wheel. I guess we'll discuss >> the issue with KEH when we get back. >> >> Larry Colen wrote: >>> I was discussing packing, camera gear etc. with my friend Nicole who > >>> will be driving in the SCCA runoffs next week. I joked that if she >>> replaced her D90 with a Pentax body, then we could share lenses, >with >>> less to pack, and I'd be able to keep a second lens mounted when >>> photographing her track sessions. >>> In order to convince ourselves that this really was not a feasible >>> idea, we looked up the price for K-3 at KEH (about $80 less than new > >>> on Amazon). However, they also had a red K-r for $168. >>> She has a thing for red, it arrives tomorrow. >>> >>> I do still have my stormtrooper K-x, but the shutter button has been > >>> rather fussy for a while. >>> >>> Yes, I know a woman software engineer, who races cars and makes >>> impulse purchases of camera gear, maybe unicorns also exist. >>> >>
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