Hello, all!
This will be my first post in APUG, so I apologize if this is in the wrong forum or anything of that sort.
I have a Pentax 67ii that I bought from a friend who's father passed. It was his camera. I got it and seemed to have been used quite a bit, but well loved! The biggest thing was it had been dropped and the bottom of the body became warped. I took the camera on vacation and finished the roll of film that was in it, then put another roll through it.
It started out great but it slowly started turning off on its on or just not turning on at all. Figured the batteries were dead.
Got home, installed fresh batteries and it still wouldn't turn on. And if it did, it would turn off randomly. The battery compartment got a little warped from the drop it seemed to have endured so I thought that it was just losing contact and that if the battery compartment got fixed, I would have a camera again.
Alas, I took it to my local camera guru (the genius Michael at Kiwi Camera Repair, winter park, florida), who did the best job I could have hoped for reforming the bottom and battery compartment, but that didn't fix it! The bugger still won't turn on. He even hooked it up to a machine he had that would supply the voltage required and readout the current draw of the device and it isn't pulling any current at all, so the lights aren't on and nobody's home!
That basically tells us that there's got to be something wrong with the circuit board in the camera someone, I would think. Has anyone had a 67ii die on them? I've called around and none of the service centers still service this model. I've found guys that know the guts of the 67, but not the 67ii.
I could sell it for parts since everything is mechanically fine. Along with the lenses I might make my money back but it doesn't feel right given the circumstances I optioned this camera by. Not to mention, those two rolls of film I put through it turned out great and it was a joy to shoot with, even if it weighs a ton!
I'm looking for any sort of lead. Be it someone who services this camera, someone who has had this issue, or if all else fails I guess someone who's looking for a dead 67ii!
Thanks, APUG!
This will be my first post in APUG, so I apologize if this is in the wrong forum or anything of that sort.
I have a Pentax 67ii that I bought from a friend who's father passed. It was his camera. I got it and seemed to have been used quite a bit, but well loved! The biggest thing was it had been dropped and the bottom of the body became warped. I took the camera on vacation and finished the roll of film that was in it, then put another roll through it.
It started out great but it slowly started turning off on its on or just not turning on at all. Figured the batteries were dead.
Got home, installed fresh batteries and it still wouldn't turn on. And if it did, it would turn off randomly. The battery compartment got a little warped from the drop it seemed to have endured so I thought that it was just losing contact and that if the battery compartment got fixed, I would have a camera again.
Alas, I took it to my local camera guru (the genius Michael at Kiwi Camera Repair, winter park, florida), who did the best job I could have hoped for reforming the bottom and battery compartment, but that didn't fix it! The bugger still won't turn on. He even hooked it up to a machine he had that would supply the voltage required and readout the current draw of the device and it isn't pulling any current at all, so the lights aren't on and nobody's home!
That basically tells us that there's got to be something wrong with the circuit board in the camera someone, I would think. Has anyone had a 67ii die on them? I've called around and none of the service centers still service this model. I've found guys that know the guts of the 67, but not the 67ii.
I could sell it for parts since everything is mechanically fine. Along with the lenses I might make my money back but it doesn't feel right given the circumstances I optioned this camera by. Not to mention, those two rolls of film I put through it turned out great and it was a joy to shoot with, even if it weighs a ton!
I'm looking for any sort of lead. Be it someone who services this camera, someone who has had this issue, or if all else fails I guess someone who's looking for a dead 67ii!
Thanks, APUG!