Originally posted by johnmflores How many people have sent their cameras in for warranty service?
Good question.
I would suggest that would be the prudent and honest* thing to do regardless of firmware v1.11 or whether the problem is bothersome. From all reports, the firmware upgrade allows the system to detect the error state and do a hardware reset of the various components. There is no runaway action, but a fault still occurs that affects smooth camera functionality.
Steve
* Time is running out on the warranties for the effected cameras and selling such with a known problem passes the expense on to the next owner.
---------- Post added 09-23-14 at 10:42 AM ----------
Originally posted by totsmuyco I think Pentax knows what and where the problem is but the solution of recalling and replacing all K-3s will be expensive. But, I think they should do it.
That is a strange thing to say for an issue that is hardly universal, has apparently disappeared from current production, and is easily remedied by a service procedure. The issue is repairable without replacement of hardware and Ricoh/Pentax has been very good to offer the repair under warranty.
Steve
---------- Post added 09-23-14 at 10:44 AM ----------
Originally posted by DRabbit It's hard for me to get a sense of what has happened, but it looks like a new firmware 1.11 came out and maybe addresses the problem by shutting the whole camera down?
My understanding is that there is an abbreviated flutter that is detected and then simply quits, but with potential for loss of some of the most recent setting and/or insertion of a blank frame. That last bit is poorly characterized as is the nature of the blank frame. Is it a lost image or a spurious image?
Steve
---------- Post added 09-23-14 at 10:50 AM ----------
Originally posted by Darrell Raw Software version 1.11, TAV mode, shooting multiple consecutive images against a back-lit subject. D FA 100mm WR lens. Mirror flutter occurred, then the camera reset itself almost immediately and I had an unreadable image on the card. Continued to work after that. Guess the fix in v1.11 does what it says on the tin "Added automatic reset function when detecting rarely occur abnormal motion of the sequence. (When automatic reset function is operated, latest setting will be reset)"
To be honest, that's just not good enough in my opinion - it's a workaround that still leaves me potentially missing a once-in-a-lifetime shot. In addition the camera reset to settings I'd used earlier that day, but did not restore the settings I was currently using.
Have you contacted Ricoh/Pentax about this behavior? I would suggest that a warranty service would still be in order.
Steve