K5 static sensitive

The other day, I was having a bit of a test on my K5 with different lenses. I was sitting at home on the carpet and it was a warm dry day.

But when changing a lens and fitting it to the body, suddenly many of my menu settings changed, the camera took multiple shots every time I pressed the release. I opened the menu, to change the settings, and the menu would accept it, but nothing in the operation changed.
I had to reset the camera.
Of course I could not remember all my previous settings. So I had to start from scratch again.
is there any possibility to download all the setting and save them in the computer in a file and then upload them again in to the camera after a reset?



Regards, Horst

There is a memory setting on the camera that decides whether settings are retained or go back to default when the camera is switched off.

The OP seems to infer the camera was 'on' during lens change. Could the lens change have caused a 'short' or a static discharge?

I thought you always had to switch the camera off when changing lenses to avoid such issues, or am I wrong/being over cautious?

The camera should be switched off during lens changing.

John - I am not suggesting that what I do is right but - I never bother switching the camera off when changing lenses - never have from my first DSLR onwards and have never had a problem.

Carl

I realise this, But. thats not the problem. It changed everything to some random settings.
The real question is, can the settings be downloaded to a file in the comuter and the uploaded to the camera if required?

Regards, Horst

Not by an end user - there's no option available.

Whether that option is there via PK-Tether or via the as-yet unavailable debug menu is another thing...

Matt

I might be proved wrong, Horst... But, although a computer recognises the camera as a "mass storage device" when it is cable-connected, all the pair "sees" is the memory card, and any images stored on the camera's internal memory. The settings will be hidden to avoid people "experimenting" on the fly, and rewriting any amended data back to the camera in case it buggers the whole thing up. That's not to say it can't be done, but my guess is that only Pentax engineers (or others authorised to conduct Pentax repairs) will have access to a specialised piece of software that "unhides" these settings.

I would never change lenses when camera is turned on, asking for trouble. You wouldn't plug into a usb port while your pc was booting would you?

Thanks for all the answers. I will take notice of your comments. I suppose from now on I will write the settings down, and should ever something like this happen again, then I can easy set my preferences again. Thank again for all who took the trouble to answer.

kind regards, horst