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Pentax K50 grip squeeks

Started Jul 23, 2020 | Discussions thread
Breakfastographer 2 Contributing Member • Posts: 544
Re: Pentax K50 grip squeeks

I don't know if you've had other image stabilised Pentax bodies before. The usual context in which "loose" and "squeaks" appear is the observation that something is loose inside the camera (that's by design, the image sensor is just "hanging in there" when the camera is not powered on) and that the ultrasound cleaning unit makes a squeaking sound every time the camera is switched on.

So it would be good to absolutely rule out it isn't that and the sound and loose feel is definitely at the grip.

Theoretically the rubber can come loose from the body. I'm seeing this on a different Pentax body after a decade of very intense use now. One suggestion I had was to use glue otherwise used for model building as it comes with an applicator that would allow injecting glue under the loose portions without touching any unproblematic sections.

If you can narrow down where the problem is, maybe this suggestion will come in handy.

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