I am an "unfortunate?" owner of a K-5 bought this Jan with an 18-135 WR lens from Henrys of Toronto for CAD 1108 - Serial # 4360179 & Internal Serial # 7017589 (from stolen camera finder) - made by Pentax-Ricoh (not Pentax-Hoya). I was under the impression the K-5 woes were addressed by Ricoh, before I ventured / risked into buying one. And I live in Bangalore, India where Pentax has no presence whatsoever, or an Office or a Service Center. Fools like me here buy Pentax gear - fell in love with a K1000 SE bought ages ago from Oldens of New York - Note: Oldens were then what B&H is today. Canikons rule the roost here in India. So I am shit worried after reading "K-5 Dead" on PDML. I already have the Rear e-Dial playing truant randomly, so I moved Aperture & Shutter change back to the Front e-Dial, which is the default setting. I have cataloged every reported K-5 Failure gleaned from the Internet, and will be publishing it soon. The Pentax US Forum has a thread for Reporting K-5 failures with Body Serial #s, and I request you give the Serial # when reporting a failure on PDML. Hope your K-5 is back to health soon. It is a great machine though - if it works! Regards. Bipin - from that far away enchanting land.
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