Grip issues

Last Saturday, up at Kew Gardens, my K5ii started doing some strange things. After every shot I noticed that the shutter speed and aperture were changing to lower values without my intervention; the INFO button kept operating of its own accord and the white balance was all over the place!! I began to wonder if I was about to unexpectedly upgrade to the K3iii. After much deliberation, the penny finally dropped, and I inspected the grip. Some of the pins were depressed, some over extended and one or two were ok. With the grip removed, normality returned. Phew!! Has anyone else experienced such problems as detailed above? Michael

Sorry Michael, we all missed this, or maybe nobody has experienced the problem. Either way, the question deserves acknowledging.

Was this a Pentax grip or a third party one? I never use grips so have zero experience of them.

Glad to hear you did find the solution though.

John
Thanks for responding. It was a Pentax grip, which, according to the resposes from the other forum, appears to have an inherent design flaw. I have now received detailed instructions on how to take the grip apart and realign the pins. Knowing my luck, I would end up with little brass pins flying everywhere Accordingly, the simple solution is to do without a grip. So far, so good!!