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my fix of the K-30 aperture problem without disassembly

Started Nov 6, 2017 | Discussions thread
Oiche Senior Member • Posts: 2,045
Re: my fix of the K-30 aperture problem without disassembly

thestunch wrote:

Thanks so much, it worked great!

How long will it last though? Unfortunately the only permanent repair is an actual repair of replacing the green solenoid with a white solenoid from a broken donor camera.

The temporary solution did not work with my K-30 and I put a white solenoid in it. The fixed K-30 is now somewhere in Vietnam getting lots of clicks with a new 128GB SD card in it. Unfortunately I am not behind the camera,

I do appreciate this needs electronics skills, equipment and out of most peoples grasp unless they can find a white solenoid and a camera technician.

My repair was recent and a thread with some info below:

*ist DL2 saves K-30 via solenoid transplant

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