Help! K3 rear LCD screen OFF!

jezzeppi · 09-20-2014, 08:20 AM

Been shooting happily with my K3 for 6 months and one day I turn it on and get nothing on the rear LCD screen. A quick search turns up some options on the older models but nothing definitive on the K3. Had it working for a bit yesterday (don't know how) and once I powered down and back up it was off again. I'm hoping I hit some button combination to turn it off and just need to do it again!

Googled lots
Searched PentaxForums
Look in the Manual

Any help would be awesome

Joe

**crewl1** · 09-20-2014, 08:25 AM

If you remove the lens and power up you don't get a focal length prompt?

**jatrax** · 09-20-2014, 09:03 AM - **1 Like**

Press the 'info' button twice then left arrow on 4-way twice, then 'OK'.

jezzeppi · 09-21-2014, 08:21 AM

Thanks for the reply's. I finally got it on by holding the info button during power up. That said, the info-info directions from above button works just fine now. However when my screen was off.....it was off no matter what button you hit. I can not reproduce what mode it was in and now i'm curious if it was a glitch or some combination on buttons to completely disable the screen. A mystery until next time!

jezzeppi · 10-10-2014, 01:01 PM

Spoke too soon.....same problem cropped up again. Just after charging.....BAM! no lcd rear screen.....no playback....no menu to try a reset! I don't get it?

rawr · 10-10-2014, 04:18 PM

Does LiveView work?

Also remember that the camera will by default remember all your display settings after you power off, including if your last setting was 'display off'.

jezzeppi · 10-11-2014, 06:21 AM

no live view, no menu, no playback......kaput! Did a chat with Pentax/Ricoh and they think internal malfunction...please send back. I enter a Fall Foliage Festival photo contest every year in town and have won two straight! I went out last night to shoot with the small lcd and try my luck. When I downloaded the pics everything was B&W! Not sure if B&W leaves are gonna win it this year

**DeepThrob** · 10-11-2014, 10:23 AM

Originally posted by jezzeppi

no live view, no menu, no playback......kaput! Did a chat with Pentax/Ricoh and they think internal malfunction...please send back. I enter a Fall Foliage Festival photo contest every year in town and have won two straight! I went out last night to shoot with the small lcd and try my luck. When I downloaded the pics everything was B&W! Not sure if B&W leaves are gonna win it this year

I've had this problem with my k30. Since it turned on with the memory card door open or closed I checked out the little(and quite crappy) door switch. After some poken and proddin of the switch the lcd came back up.

jezzeppi · 10-11-2014, 10:36 AM

no luck there.....can anyone with a K3 confirm that the LCD won't work if the SD card door is open?

**dadipentak** · 10-11-2014, 10:46 AM

Originally posted by jezzeppi

an anyone with a K3 confirm that the LCD won't work if the SD card door is open?

Yep, neither lcd works with the SD card door open. .

jezzeppi · 10-11-2014, 11:12 AM

My top one is working fine... So that can be ruled out

Mrcn138 · 09-22-2019, 04:22 AM

Hello. I took my Pentax into some heavy rain and water got I through the mic port. I dried it out and everything is working fine, but the LCD screen is now completely non fictional. What did you end up doing for your LCD? Did you send it to Pentax?

Excalibor · 10-05-2019, 09:38 AM

Originally posted by jezzeppi

no live view, no menu, no playback......kaput! Did a chat with Pentax/Ricoh and they think internal malfunction...please send back. I enter a Fall Foliage Festival photo contest every year in town and have won two straight! I went out last night to shoot with the small lcd and try my luck. When I downloaded the pics everything was B&W! Not sure if B&W leaves are gonna win it this year

If you shoot raw+jpeg, the raw images are full color, you can postprocess them without problem, it's just the JPEGs in b&w.

panonski · 10-30-2019, 03:33 AM

Originally posted by Mrcn138

Hello. I took my Pentax into some heavy rain and water got I through the mic port. I dried it out and everything is working fine, but the LCD screen is now completely non fictional. What did you end up doing for your LCD? Did you send it to Pentax?

People still fell on "Pentax Full weather sealed" advertisment, as something like it's 100 % safe and 100 % waterproof

Mrcn138 · 10-30-2019, 08:28 PM

Well that's not an answer to my question. And if you read what I said, I had a port left open which disabled the weather sealing. I've taken my k3 in torrential downpours of rain snow and ice and had no issues

09-20-2014, 08:20 AM	#1
jezzeppi Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Posts: 70	Help! K3 rear LCD screen OFF! Been shooting happily with my K3 for 6 months and one day I turn it on and get nothing on the rear LCD screen. A quick search turns up some options on the older models but nothing definitive on the K3. Had it working for a bit yesterday (don't know how) and once I powered down and back up it was off again. I'm hoping I hit some button combination to turn it off and just need to do it again! Googled lots Searched PentaxForums Look in the Manual Any help would be awesome Joe

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09-20-2014, 08:25 AM	#2
crewl1 Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Los Angeles, CA Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 9,807	If you remove the lens and power up you don't get a focal length prompt?

09-20-2014, 09:03 AM - 1 Like	#3
jatrax Site Supporter Join Date: May 2010 Location: Washington Cascades Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 12,991	Press the 'info' button twice then left arrow on 4-way twice, then 'OK'.

09-21-2014, 08:21 AM	#4
jezzeppi Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Posts: 70 Original Poster	Thanks for the reply's. I finally got it on by holding the info button during power up. That said, the info-info directions from above button works just fine now. However when my screen was off.....it was off no matter what button you hit. I can not reproduce what mode it was in and now i'm curious if it was a glitch or some combination on buttons to completely disable the screen. A mystery until next time!

10-10-2014, 01:01 PM	#5
jezzeppi Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Posts: 70 Original Poster	Spoke too soon.....same problem cropped up again. Just after charging.....BAM! no lcd rear screen.....no playback....no menu to try a reset! I don't get it?

10-10-2014, 04:18 PM	#6
rawr Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 11,913	Does LiveView work? Also remember that the camera will by default remember all your display settings after you power off, including if your last setting was 'display off'.

10-11-2014, 06:21 AM	#7
jezzeppi Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Posts: 70 Original Poster	no live view, no menu, no playback......kaput! Did a chat with Pentax/Ricoh and they think internal malfunction...please send back. I enter a Fall Foliage Festival photo contest every year in town and have won two straight! I went out last night to shoot with the small lcd and try my luck. When I downloaded the pics everything was B&W! Not sure if B&W leaves are gonna win it this year

10-11-2014, 10:23 AM	#8
DeepThrob Site Supporter Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Taos, New Mexico Posts: 295	Originally posted by jezzeppi no live view, no menu, no playback......kaput! Did a chat with Pentax/Ricoh and they think internal malfunction...please send back. I enter a Fall Foliage Festival photo contest every year in town and have won two straight! I went out last night to shoot with the small lcd and try my luck. When I downloaded the pics everything was B&W! Not sure if B&W leaves are gonna win it this year I've had this problem with my k30. Since it turned on with the memory card door open or closed I checked out the little(and quite crappy) door switch. After some poken and proddin of the switch the lcd came back up.

10-11-2014, 10:36 AM	#9
jezzeppi Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Posts: 70 Original Poster	no luck there.....can anyone with a K3 confirm that the LCD won't work if the SD card door is open?

10-11-2014, 10:46 AM	#10
dadipentak Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Baltimore, Maryland Photos: Gallery Posts: 11,590	Originally posted by jezzeppi an anyone with a K3 confirm that the LCD won't work if the SD card door is open? Yep, neither lcd works with the SD card door open. .

10-11-2014, 11:12 AM	#11
jezzeppi Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Posts: 70 Original Poster	My top one is working fine... So that can be ruled out

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09-22-2019, 04:22 AM	#12
Mrcn138 New Member Join Date: Sep 2019 Posts: 3	Hello. I took my Pentax into some heavy rain and water got I through the mic port. I dried it out and everything is working fine, but the LCD screen is now completely non fictional. What did you end up doing for your LCD? Did you send it to Pentax?

10-05-2019, 09:38 AM	#13
Excalibor Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2018 Posts: 353	Originally posted by jezzeppi no live view, no menu, no playback......kaput! Did a chat with Pentax/Ricoh and they think internal malfunction...please send back. I enter a Fall Foliage Festival photo contest every year in town and have won two straight! I went out last night to shoot with the small lcd and try my luck. When I downloaded the pics everything was B&W! Not sure if B&W leaves are gonna win it this year If you shoot raw+jpeg, the raw images are full color, you can postprocess them without problem, it's just the JPEGs in b&w.

10-30-2019, 03:33 AM	#14
panonski Pentaxian Join Date: May 2015 Location: Zagreb Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 624	Originally posted by Mrcn138 Hello. I took my Pentax into some heavy rain and water got I through the mic port. I dried it out and everything is working fine, but the LCD screen is now completely non fictional. What did you end up doing for your LCD? Did you send it to Pentax? People still fell on "Pentax Full weather sealed" advertisment, as something like it's 100 % safe and 100 % waterproof

10-30-2019, 08:28 PM	#15
Mrcn138 New Member Join Date: Sep 2019 Posts: 3	Well that's not an answer to my question. And if you read what I said, I had a port left open which disabled the weather sealing. I've taken my k3 in torrential downpours of rain snow and ice and had no issues