Problem sorted.

Seems that after all my protestations about all me kit being tikety boo. It was not.

I had a intermittently faulty usb port on my monitor. It worked ok when I did a test run but I must have caught it just right for it to seem ok. Obviously it was throwing wobblies in future tests as today it has died and there is not a glimmer of life in it.
All other ports work fine and now the sd cards are behaving as they should.
Seems I need to work on my testing methodology.
I feel such a fool. Happy but foolish.

Nowt new there then.

Thanks for the help folks.

Yes I can view the pictures on the camera.
I can view the pictures on the pc when the camera is attached by cable.
I can view the pictures on the pc when the card is in a reader.
I can copy or move the files to the pc.

When I eject correctly the card from the pc and re mount it on the pc I get the garbage in the screenshots.

When I eject correctly the card from the pc and put it back in the camera and take some more pictures when I connect the card to the pc by the above means I get the garbage shown in the screen shots.

I'm not a happy bunny.

That seems about right.

I have the four different cards
I have formatted them several times both in the camera and on Windows 7 and Arch linux
The pictures show/copy/move as normal when I first place the card in the pc
I take the card out put it in the camera take some more shots and when I put it back in the pc I get what is shown in the screenshots.

Hi I just bought a K-30 and it is my first DSLR. I am pretty impressed with the camera.
However I have a problem.

I have four different types of SDHC cards all new Class 10 8/16/4 GB.
I have used Linux and Windows 7.
I have two old card readers both work with SDHC and a new one I just bought.
I have the original Pentax battery, a aftermarket battery, the AA holder with new batteries and some old good quality batteries.

This problem occurred with the Firmware V 1.0 that was on the camera when I got it and after I have upgraded the Firmware to V 1.04.

All the above work perfectly with other SDHC cards I have containing mainly Raspberry Pi images or just files and folders.

My problem is,

I place the sd card in the camera. I have tried formatting on the pc and in the camera (I get the same results).
I take some pictures.
I take the sd card and put it in a reader and view the files on the pc. I have also connected the camera to the pc directly(I get the same results)
I either leave the files on the sd card or copy or move them to the pc (I get the same results)
I take out the sd card from the reader and place it back in the camera.
I take some more pictures.
I put the card in the reader and I get -- see screenshots at the link below


https://copy.com/iPBL1YYx0WF9

In linux I can not read the card and I get a message telling me that I have the wrong file type.
In Windows 7 I see variations of the above. I can not delete any of the files or folders and I can not read any of the files.

When I put the card back in the camera the camera tells me that the card needs formatting.

Do I have a faulty camera ?

Thanks in anticipation of some replies.