Originally posted by lewisglick It's part of the research process of buying a new camera. I have a K10D....oldie but goodie....I can understand discussions on image quality, auto focus, battery life, etc...., but this is an unusual issue. I'll hold off a few weeks to see if the firmware update resolves the problem.
Th k10d also had a generic issue that affected many (only if you believe web rhetoric) k10d's
If you change lens with the camera switched on it has a habit of blowing the main internal fuse, Did this devastating 'fault' spoil your photography as you waited fro the curse to blight your camera ?
I have 5 SDM lens ranging from 6years old to 4 years old 1 has 'failed' and been repaired ..... I don't buy into the 'sudden death motors'
I have a k3 that has 23,000 shutter actuation's , It locked up once on first battery cycle and has never glitched or faltered since.
If you consider Pentax probably sell at least 5,000 k3's worldwide per month that's about 60,000 units sold.
so with 140 reported issues here that 0.2% now that is probably no were near the true figure but gives you some perspective on the extent of the 'design issue'
Of those 140, very few get multiple occurrences with many only seeing problems during the batteries 'bed in' period.
there currently is supposed to be a 'factory fit' base firmware fix
user firmware 1.11 has code to ameliorate the issue (stops multiple flops)