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my fix of the K-30 aperture problem without disassembly

Started Nov 6, 2017 | Discussions thread
tonydav New Member • Posts: 6
Re: My bricked K30 works again thanks to new AA alkaline batteries!

I went to use my K30 a few years ago at my kid's grandmother's 100th birthday. I don't do much photography these days but still have a really nice 50mm 1.4 lens which is great for this sort of thing.

And nothing...

Lucky I'd followed my old mentors advice and taken a spare camera (the K200D that I first learnt SLR photography on) so a total disaster was averted (spose I could have used my phone for photos lol).

Then I tried the K30 again about a year ago (same issue - no surprise) and then researched the issue.

Tried this fix after buying the AA battery adapter. Well it works. Sort of.  If I keep the aperture closed down or even half open it will work. But unfortunately with my 50-200mm 2.8 or the 50mm 1.4 it's pretty useless

Contacted Pentax in Australia. $190 to fix the camera. Or buy a "mint-used" K-5 for around twice that (so I can still use my lens). Thoughts?

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