Hmm... Since the camera doesn't allow menu operations, the first thought that struck me was a failed firmware upgrade... With my Googles on I found some references to this particular error too, it doesn't seem to be an exotic fault.
I think I would have it serviced, if I were him. Jostein 2009/4/23 Tim Øsleby <[email protected]>: > A Pentax friend got this error message with two different cards. He > has had it for two months. > Haven't seen any odd behavior from it before. > > The camera won't allow him to activate the menus, so he isn't able to > try a in camera format. > I've adviced him to try formating on computor. Didn't help. > > Unfortunately I've already lent my DS to somebody else, so he isn't to > keen about sending it in. > > Any suggestions? > > -- > MaritimTim > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

