Re: K50 - Aperture Motor Failure?

2018-10-28 Thread Ed Keeney
I did a search and this seems to be my problem. I found this site: www.pentaxcamerarepair.com and they offer $100 repair for the aperture motor. Anyone have experience with this? Looks to be an inexpensive fix for the K50 while I come up funds for whatever is next in line. Thanks!! On Sun, Oct

Re: K50 - Aperture Motor Failure?

2018-10-28 Thread lrc
The most expedient fix might be one of the two cameras recently posted. The k5 would have a better sensor of the two On October 28, 2018 1:33:43 PM PDT, Brian Walters wrote: >I don't have a K-50 but this problem seems to have been reported for >not only >the K-50 but the K-30 as well. > >If you

Re: K50 - Aperture Motor Failure?

2018-10-28 Thread Brian Walters
I don't have a K-50 but this problem seems to have been reported for not only the K-50 but the K-30 as well. If you Google Pentax Aperture Block failure, there are lots of hits. This particular link suggested a fix - don't know if it always works but might be worth a try: https://www.pentaxforum

K50 - Aperture Motor Failure?

2018-10-28 Thread Ed Keeney
Seems as if I might have an aperture motor failing on my 4 year old K50. All images are coming out black (even ones in bright light). I've tried multiple lenses, reset the camera settings back to the defaults. Nothing works. Has anyone had this before? Any thoughts? Is a 4-year old K50 worth g