Originally posted by atarget It looks that K-5 is too advanced a camera for many owners because - as I monitored alleged "malfunction" threads here - all of the issues are related to "user error" category, rather than any intrinsic camera problems. I'm still learning my K-5 and it's an amazing and technologically advanced piece of equipment and in 100% cases it was my incompetence that caused the issue.
Just a general observation.
This statement makes little logical sense as powering down a camera, regardless of make, model or shooting mode, should not require one to remove the battery or open the SD card slot. I am curious if there is specific protocol you use when powering down your camera that leads you to believe that this issue is the result of "user error" and not the result of a camera defect? Might I suggest that a generalization about "user error" is not helpful to the OP or others reading this thread