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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?

PocketPixels wrote:

I'm very sorry to hear that your camera has developed the aperture block failure. However, I don't think that's a very expensive problem to fix—several sites have popped up doing just Pentax aperture fixes, and you can always send it to Pentax for repair if you don't trust the smaller shops.

To be clear, it's awful that you have to pay anything—these repairs should be covered under a recall or enforced by a class action—but the price you would pay to get your current DSLR fixed would be far less than what you'd pay for a new KP or K-70.

Thank-you - yes, getting it fixed is another option that is worth considering.  I'll do a bit of research and see what I can find, after all, compared to buying something else it's probably cheaper.  In the long-run I'll probably end up replacing  the K50 but being one of people who will potentially have to move house (and country) as a result of the BREXIT fiasco I'm in 'counting my pennies mode' - no unnecessary expenditure because things could turn out very expensive.

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regards,
Pete

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