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Is there life after aperture block failure?

Started Sep 4, 2019 | Questions thread
OP petebfrance Contributing Member • Posts: 757
Re: Is there life after aperture block failure?

yardcoyote wrote:

Sure, there's life. Way back when I lost my K-30, I had already bought a refurbished K-5IIS. So I stuck with that. It's still a rational upgrade from a K-30/50 to this day: heavier, but built like a tank and so essentially good.

I still have mine, but nowadays it mostly a backup and a deep gripped body for my 55-300 zoom. My main Pentax is a KP, which I love a lot. It may not suit everyone but it is an excellent camera for the way I approach photography.

I would stay away completely from the K-70 series (K-S2, etc.). Pentax have never discussed when and how, or even ever, the aperture block problems were fixed. I'd leave them all alone.

Yes, a K5iiS is tempting.  I think I'd miss focus-peaking for use with my manual lenses when doing macro, although of late I've found focusing by eye and using a reasonably narrow aperture a better way to go.

I'll keep an eye on the 2nd-hand market here for anything that comes up.

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Pete

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