Is there life after aperture block failure?

Massao wrote:

peterpainter wrote:

peterpainter wrote:

T Evergreen wrote:

peterpainter wrote:

So it happened. My K50 after nearly 4 years and 4,000 shots has succumbed. I don't think I'll be getting it fixed (or fixing it myself - too clumsy). The K50 was great, a weather-sealed body and lens, important in this climate, at an affordable price. I don't trust a K70 because of the same issue, so what next?

What have other people done?

If you have a lens with an aperture ring, you can use Manual mode on the camera, set the aperture with the aperture ring, then press the green button for setting the shutter speed. It's a bit cumbersome, but you can still use the camera until you decide what's next camera wise.

Thank-you. Yes, I use my old Praktica lenses but have no (useable) AF lenses …. I suppose I could pick up some old AF lenses with aperture rings (mine have got bad fungus on them) - which is an interesting idea!

Actually, come to think of it, when using my Praktica lenses I 'meter with the shutter button' which sets the shutter speed as usual and have never had to use the green button. Rather odd, really....

Hm...just done some testing. I've only used the manual lenses for indoor macro shots, so lots of fiddling round. Tried outdoors and using the green button gives better exposures - so will use that approach from now on.

Hmm... interesting. Are you sure the green button did something? i.e., the shutter speed actually changed after pressing it, and not because of change in composition/light? I haven't used the green button with manual lenses but just tested it..doesn't seem to to do anything at all. In my use, setting the aperture on lens, and using A-priority worked perfect so far.

Well yes, it did change for the same composition.  I have used the same lens before just metering by pressing the shutter button and results were inconsistent - sometimes OK, other times having to dial in as much as +3 stops exposure compensation.  It made no sense to me, tbh, and I couldn't fathom out a pattern to it so stopped using the lens.  So far, the green button approach seems consistent, but it's early days yet I suppose.