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Is there life after aperture block failure?

Started Sep 4, 2019 | Questions thread
kenwklau
kenwklau Contributing Member • Posts: 600
Re: Is there life after aperture block failure?

Massao wrote:

The Squirrel Mafia 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?

...K-50 bodies... They failed at high shutter actuations. One was at 25,000 & the other like at 32,000. You hear about a lot of people that get failures at very low shutter actuations like at +-1,000.

That is too low I once had a Canon 1000d and sold it after around 66,000 exposures.

My K-30 started to exhibit the black frames after 60,000 clicks.  It still works after giving it some sort of massages in the beginning.  But this kind of massages is just too troublesome and photo opportunities just can't wait for it.

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Ken

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