hi all
many thanks for the info and experiences. Clifton Cameras, the retailer who sold me the camera sent it back to Pentax. It may take 4 weeks for them to look at it and return it to me.
Pentax have said, upon the description I have given them that the noise is normal and is not something to be concerned about. I shall post up their report once received.
The noise in not uniform like a servo/motor which although strange would not I guess be that unusual
They are going to check the camera over though to be sure.
I am happy enough if all K-3's make this noise. If the advanced features of the camera require that a certain level of audible noise be produced, it just seems rather loud and err.. erratic
I am delighted with the camera, at least for still imaging. It is a quantum shift from my old Nikon D5000. Video seem pretty decent but i'm not so worried about this as I have an HDV camera for this.
Last edited by wahee; 07-07-2014 at 07:44 AM.