Hi David, finally got word back from the repairer who said that he was able to replicate the problem and would have the camera back to me in about 4 days. With any luck I will have it back for Christmas. No word yet on what the fault was but I will post that here when I find out.

Dave

Hi David,
And thanks for the reply. The fault happened at various times, but I don't think that it was ever when I was continuous shooting. In fact, I can't think of a common thread - except that I was shooting. The first time it happened I was on holidays in Europe and it jammed several times over a few weeks until it just jammed permanently. I posted it back to Australia - and I worked first time when I opened the parcel at home. Then I used it at a niece's wedding a week later and it jammed after 3.5 hours and 325 shots later. That is when I sent it off for repair.

Thanks for your feedback on your problem - I will send your description of the solution - to the repairer just in case it helps with a diagnosis. I must say that I am REALLY missing that camera as I love the results that I get with it.

Cheers
Slowtour (also David)

Hi I am new to this site. I have been having troubles with my K5 and saw this discussion. My K5 started to jam on my holidays about two months ago. The shutter wouldn't move (and there was a quiet click noise inside) and then the display would show flat battery (even with fully charged spare battery). Camera stopped working for up to two days and then would work fine for another day and stop again. The camera has been treated very well and hasn't been dropped from any height. It has gone to the Australian warranty repairer and so far they haven't been able to duplicate the problem.

Anyone else experience something like this?