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my fix of the K-30 aperture problem without disassembly

Started Nov 6, 2017 | Discussions thread
Tatouzou
Tatouzou Senior Member • Posts: 2,081
Re: my fix of the K-30 aperture problem without disassembly

TOOIE wrote:

I cannot believe this simple fix. I was so ticked off at Pentax...still am, but my camera is working for now! Thank you, thank you.

My K30 still suffers of the aperture failure.

I didnt send it for service because my main body is a K3 and there is another issue on the K30: the tiny plastic part which holds the battery in place broke in 2017, one year after the guarrantee was over.

It still works fine because the battery compartement latch is strong enough to hold it in place.

Thus I keep it as a second body because I could not get much money if I tried to sell it.

My fix of the aperture issue is to force the aperture to close via the raw buttons, then  shoot a high speed burst at f11 or f16  until the exposure is OK again.

But the failure comes back every other week.

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