K5 Shutter Jamming

Link on other forum.

Quote from the manual.






Quote from Oggy (30+ years in electronics.)

I am surprised they didn't blame SDM.

This has been in every DSLR manual that I have ever owned.

I have so far not been able to get the camera to jam so will put a battery which is not fully charged and see if this makes any difference

This was predicted in the mid-seventies by people who said
"Never buy a camera that relies on batteries"

my k1000 ran for years with no battery! it was also my weapon of choice in the Acrctic when my mz5 got too cold to work!

Well its been a while now and happy to report Johns recommendation seemed to work a treat since changing to 30 minute no shutter problems ,many thanks John

I had my K5 freeze yesterday, as described by earlier posters here and on Mike-P's link.

I was using AF-C in continuous high speed shooting, with frequent pressing of the shutter button, but not holding it down continuously.

LCD top panel and superimposed focus points in viewfinder froze and were unaffected by turning camera off then on.

Cured it by taking battery out then restoring.

Not a big deal but a bit annoying!

Happened to me AGAIN at british legion do looked a right tit taking battery out . The comment should of bought a nikon pissed me off

Then again comment before was my god thats a quiet shutter and loved saying to canon owner no i dont need flash its a k5

So that's why the Pentax flash system has not been updated. They removed the need for flash with high ISO?

My K10 and K7 need flash for fill and so do my D7000 and D700.

We live and learn.

Best regards

Well its been a while since this happened but just got back from an short lived trip taking shots in continious mode of my son on a bike track.Camera kept jamming changed battery no joy there reset button ,battery out.. no luck recharged battery in but just get the message "Battery Depleted" which I know it isnt !
At the moment seems little I can do other than send it off for a repair.
Good job I have the K7 as backup

I had the same thing happen to me at the air show just as the Red arrows did a cross over.

Was not best pleased, hasn't happened before on this latest K-5. Even more hassle if you have a grip as you have to unscrew it and take the battery out of the body and then re-assemble.

Thanks Mike no grip attatched and still cant get it to function..my only other option at the moment is to download the latest firmware and if this fails its a return to srs...I,in desperation even changed the lens just in case Im glad it was just at the park although its testing my patience to be honest

After a couple of hours trying everything barring the firmware I contacted SRS and now the camera is on its way for repair.
I am left wondering if the first jam was more of a warning than anything else that there might be trouble ahead.... it will get sorted Im sure