There are a few potential pitfalls to evaluating whether problems reported are actually with the camera (as opposed to the card or operator error, etc.) The first is that most people don't specify which firmware they are on and everybody assumes that it is the most recent. It may very well not be and the problem they report may be one addressed in a more recent firmware update. Whenever people report a problem, to be able to evaluate it properly one must know the "environment": What firmware version, how many cards in slots, what are the cards (class, brand, and capacity) and how are your menus set up.
Another K-3 specific problem is that we have a couple of variables that we haven't had before: Two card slots and the FLU-card (which needs to be in one specific slot) along with their associated Menu setting options. I've seen some reports of the K-3 losing all ability to communicate with the card slots, but without knowing all of the variables above I can't tell you if it really a problem with the camera (let alone a widespread one) or some kind of ID-10T error. On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 6:15 AM, Rob Studdert <distudio.p...@gmail.com> wrote: > I've had it do the mirror flap a couple of times and it's completely > locked up around three times but neither problem since the last FW > update. It also mysteriously trashed the FAT on a couple of SD cards > that worked perfectly before in other gear and since in the K3. I'm > just shy of 75k shutter count on my K3 > > > On 21 October 2014 12:26, Bruce Walker <bruce.wal...@gmail.com> wrote: >> My K-3 did the mirror-flap just once, while I was shooting an insect >> macro. I pulled the battery and it was fine after that. I immediately >> upgraded the firmware to the supposedly unflappable version and so far >> so good, though I haven't taken many shots since. >> >> Shutter count around 3600. >> >> >> On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 8:28 AM, Ralf R Radermacher <fotor...@gmx.de> wrote: >>> I'm thinking about buying a K-3 with the 18 - 135 mm lens and must admit I >>> haven't paid much attention to all the K-3 discussions. But I think I >>> remember threads about various probs like the famous mirror flapping bug. >>> >>> Has all this been dealt with, in the meantime, or are there any potential >>> probs one should be aware of? >>> >>> Does the K-3 suffer from the usual Pentax probs like sticking trigger >>> button, erratic rear thumbwheel etc. that I've had on practically all of my >>> Pentax DSLRs over the years? >>> >>> Ralf >>> >>> -- >>> Ralf R. Radermacher - Köln/Cologne, Germany >>> Blog : http://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com >>> Audio : http://aporee.org/maps/projects/fotoralf >>> Web : http://www.fotoralf.de >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> PDML@pdml.net >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. >> >> >> >> -- >> -bmw >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > > > -- > Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) > Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours > Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- Photographers must learn not to be ashamed to have their photographs look like photographs. ~ Alfred Stieglitz -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
