I agree with K10d

I own three variants of the Pentax K3; the first release (literally the second serial number), the silver one as mentioned by the original poster, and also the Gunmetal version. I personally have never run into the issue with either the original release or the silver, but... Do know of two people who have with the silver.

...And as K10d inferred... Yes, updating the firmware properly should solve the issue. Which is also a good part of the reason why the Pentax K3 Gunmetal was shipped with such an update already pre-programmed in.

But only if stored properly.

Cannot begin to mention how many examples I've run across where negatives (actually both positives and negatives) were not stored properly. Stored in items such as,..

1. Attic, or even worse uninsulated attic
2. Basement
3, Garage
4. In an album with acid (non archival) pages

In a way great, but... Guessing they never quite heard of Pentax medium format, not good.

I could see not having the fill flash for a more pro level full frame camera, but... Not to have the flash on a cropped sensor is just limiting the name further out of the market.

I sincerely hope that the "more marketed to" professional level full-framer due out later this year is a better attempt. Yet chances are, that the new full-framer will also be a non fill flash - just as a good number of other ones from other competitors. But at least the full-frame will be marketed directly to that segment, being that... Most people with a camera of that caliper know better adjust settings for that type of lighting, not needing to rely on fill flash, and can also typically afford to attach a tethered flash

link

For the people who happen to reside within the united states. Although also available to ship or for the tourist that just happens to be in the neighborhood.

Link is to the NYC B&H site

Same battery grip specs as the original Pentax K3 ?

Pentax is going to have one major battle; first in price and then in items such as features/specs. Take a look at the present day price of some of the full-frame; such as the Canon 6d, Sony a99, etc... Even in the Pentax full-frame were to be released today it is highly unlikely that it will come in at anywhere near those prices. Add to that, the amount the prices will drop even further by the expected Pentax release date.

Then there's features. Canon will be releasing several 50+mp full-frames by then, and also a probable re-do of their flagship model. Although no clear specs yet, Nikon will also be releasing at least three new full-frames before Pentax.

The price point should be an interesting one when it comes onto radar within far less than six months for the price release

Olympus being stuck in 4/3 and then also charging more for their lenses than a full-frame lens

Microsoft has been keeping a fairly large archive of a variety of digital material; and then also even printing a good portion of it.

One of Microsoft largest assets is kept in places such as: Iron Mountain (rural north of Pittsburgh PA), also near White Sulfur Springs WV, and even near Trier in Germany. Second largest archives in the world

Depends upon what ones budget is.

Technically one can run any Pentax camera (and processing) onto even a laptop with an I3 chip with only 4gb of ram, but... Would run considerably better with (at least) an I5 chip and doubling the ram up to 8gb, and then also looking into any size ssd drive.

But one might also want to consider other options and factors such as: Does one use photoshop, the online version of the physical software variations?

Also, any other needs? Does one need or want a 4k or better screen option?