> On 16 March 2021 at 17:44 John <[email protected]> wrote: > > > My guess is Pentax would have to have sourced a modified version. > > I don't think Pentax could continue to use a part *KNOWING* it was likely to > fail. Nor do I think they would even if they could get away with it. > > The question is how to find out whether a used K-70 has the "good" solenoid > before you buy it. I'm pretty sure a new one would be Ok.
Having a good one or a replaced (with good) one would be a selling point. If it's not mentioned, caveat emptor. > > On 3/15/2021 12:37:20, Alistair Lax wrote: > > Having spent a few hours looking at the Pentax forums it appears that the > > original white Japanese solenoid was discontinued and was replaced with a > > green > > Chinese one which was problematic. As far as I can work out, Pentax is > > still > > using a green Chinese solenoid. Therefore the key question, which I've so > > far > > been unable to clarify, is whether the currently used solenoid is a > > modified > > version. > > > > Alistair > > > > On 15/03/2021 04:25 pm, Bill wrote: > >> On 3/15/2021 10:20 AM, Alistair Lax wrote: > >>> The K-30, K-50 and K-70 are all named in the class action lawsuit, but it > >>> appears unclear how much, if at all, the K-70 is affected. There's a lot > >>> of > >>> internet chatter including from people don't even have a K-70, some > >>> people > >>> who seem to have had the problem, and some quoting a Pentax > >>> representative > >>> who apparently stated the mechanism in the K-70 was different. It's a > >>> confused picture. > >>> > >>> Alistair > >> > >> Honestly, a good place to get this sort of information is pentaxforums.com. > >> My understanding is the problem originated from the supplier of the > >> solenoid > >> either stopping making it or making it unavailable, so a new one was > >> sourced > >> from another vendor, and that one is problematic. > >> > >> bill > >> -- -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
