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(manual focus) Tokina Lens Problem!
you need to grind this off on a segment of the lens mount in order for stop down metering to work ...or put a piece of foil over the contacts.
Posted by pentaxian450 on 23/10/2014 - 10:18
Battery grips
I've never thought of adding a battery grip before but have recently bought a 50-135 and find the camera grip a bit small with the extra weight of the lens. I'm not interested in the extra battery life the grip provides and also hardly ever find myself shooting portrait. So I guess it would be p...
Posted by richardmills on 22/10/2014 - 09:42
Battery grips
ive just been using the 50-135 with a flash and the extra weight of the lens makes it really quite uncomfortable. (ive never had an issue before with a 16-45 and flash) i think its made worse as im trying to get used to using the af button for focus which means bending my thumb and giving less gr...
Posted by richardmills on 22/10/2014 - 17:28
K3Spare Battery
This question endlessly recycles, pretty much like the recharging cycle of batteries! There are those who use the Pentax batteries to ensure the correct spec is delivered and warranties are not compromised. They take the view that there's no point spending all that money on good kit to compromise...
Posted by johnriley on 26/10/2014 - 14:48
The dreaded K30 aperture motor failure strikes again
I found a few previous entries elsewhere and printed the forum discussions off as support for my case when returned. Early K-30's especially I'd be keeping an eye out for it, though they're probably all out of warranty now anyway. The warranty issue is a tricky one in the wider scope of th...
Posted by richandfleur on 29/10/2014 - 02:46
The dreaded K30 aperture motor failure strikes again
What about these things? EU Standard 2 Year Legal Guarantee - http://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/shopping/shopping-abroad/guarantees/index_en.htm The Sale of Goods Act - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8253915.stm Even Apple is respecting the Sale of Goods Act: Consumers have the r...
Posted by jemx99 on 30/10/2014 - 21:26
The dreaded K30 aperture motor failure strikes again
Update to my underexposure problem on K30. "Underexposing in auto modes, very high ISO selected in bright conditions" had the repair quote back... £245 to fix "Mechanical asembly, Shutter mechanism, mirror asembly and sensor clean" :!::!::!::evil: Yeah right. Is it because I'm out of warranty...
Posted by Deltaart on 19/11/2014 - 15:50
The dreaded K30 aperture motor failure strikes again
Update to my underexposure problem on K30. "Underexposing in auto modes, very high ISO selected in bright conditions" had the repair quote back... £245 to fix "Mechanical asembly, Shutter mechanism, mirror asembly and sensor clean" :!::!::!::evil: Yeah right. Is it because I'm out of warranty...
Posted by Dave-L on 20/11/2014 - 00:56
The dreaded K30 aperture motor failure strikes again
Please could someone give me some advice on this? Recently my K-30 has been starting to underexpose some images. Usually only the first one or two after it switches on, then it starts working correctly. Is this a sign of an aperture motor failure on the cards? I bought the camera in September ...
Posted by ears on 24/11/2014 - 22:05
The dreaded K30 aperture motor failure strikes again
Please could someone give me some advice on this? Recently my K-30 has been starting to underexpose some images. Usually only the first one or two after it switches on, then it starts working correctly. Is this a sign of an aperture motor failure on the cards? I bought the camera in September ...
Posted by richandfleur on 25/11/2014 - 06:29
The dreaded K30 aperture motor failure strikes again
Hope I am not angering anyone by re-launching this thread, but its the first result when looking for this issue on Google. I also have this issue with my k 30. I called Ricoh and they say unless the main company issues a recall for the product, then we are out of luck getting it covered. Bummer. No ...
Posted by richandfleur on 08/02/2016 - 19:15
The dreaded K30 aperture motor failure strikes again
Thankfully mine still works perfectly - its light and ideal for street photography. I got it when the K30 was a fairly new model in 2012 as back up for the K5 and its never let me down. I'm sorry some people have suffered faults with theirs but I'm sure there some bad examples of every camera mode...
Posted by davidtrout on 07/03/2016 - 22:52
The dreaded K30 aperture motor failure strikes again
It appears that my K30 has developed this aperture motor fault, or something very similar at the weekend...bought around August 2012 from a Glasgow Pentax pro dealer so an early batch I assume... With a 16-85 lens attached shots are very dark at f5.6 but if you drop this to f22 and above you get a...
Posted by TasMan on 06/09/2016 - 21:41
The dreaded K30 aperture motor failure strikes again
Between myself, family and many friends I have known of a very large number of Pentax cameras in circulation. The only problem was a fault in a K10D a few years back, that was fixed by Johnsons for less than £80. Add to that the number of users on here compared to the number who have posted about...
Posted by johnriley on 12/09/2016 - 23:50
The dreaded K30 aperture motor failure strikes again
When you've got camera's failing within their two year warranty period, you've got a problem that's not going away. Burying their heads in the sand over it doesn't send a very positive message about being valued as customers of the brand. That and the mirror flop saga are the only major issues I...
Posted by SteveLedger on 13/09/2016 - 02:51
The dreaded K30 aperture motor failure strikes again
Yeh mine finally bit the dust and every shot is black. I’m going the Johnsons route too, but I’m not sure I will get it done FOC. Maybe weight of numbers will come into force and we'll all get justice from Pentax. However even their repair quote makes it a better alternative to buying a new camera s...
Posted by unhappysnapper on 04/10/2016 - 21:15
The dreaded K30 aperture motor failure strikes again
Yeh mine finally bit the dust and every shot is black. I’m going the Johnsons route too, but I’m not sure I will get it done FOC. Maybe weight of numbers will come into force and we'll all get justice from Pentax. However even their repair quote makes it a better alternative to buying a new camera s...
Posted by William_Herschel on 06/10/2016 - 17:45
The dreaded K30 aperture motor failure strikes again
Fear not my Pentaxian friends, the same problem exists with the K50 also (aperture motor). I've called the repair site Precision (don't read the reviews as you'll run) and Pentax, and they said they take the cost of repair case by case. Read where I poor owner had a K50 3 weeks out of warranty, an...
Posted by paolo11 on 27/12/2016 - 20:57
The dreaded K30 aperture motor failure strikes again
Fear not my Pentaxian friends, the same problem exists with the K50 also (aperture motor). I've called the repair site Precision (don't read the reviews as you'll run) and Pentax, and they said they take the cost of repair case by case. Read where I poor owner had a K50 3 weeks out of warranty, an...
Posted by HarisF1 on 25/05/2018 - 17:33
Optimum settings for K3
Hi Paul, optimum settings? Could you expand a little are you talking about specifics in relation to ISO, Aperture, White balance, Shutter Speeds etc, or is your question purely about JPEG settings? I guess it really depends on what you are photographing, the lenses you use and the lighting condit...
Posted by Fletcher8 on 31/10/2014 - 16:06
