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Yes some very nice shots Nigel, lovely colours . Also I'm always impressed by your 75-150, it produces some superb photographs.

Comment by jemx99 posted on Autumn Abstracts & Highlights at 08/11/2014 - 22:11

tyronet2000 wrote:

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The K30 is a fantastic camera apart from this problem. I'm glad mine is home again - I did miss it when it was being fixed

Rather like saying fantastic car except the wheels fall off

The Morris Minor was a great car.....Until a wheel fell off!

Comment by jemx99 posted on The dreaded K30 aperture motor failure strikes again at 03/11/2014 - 19:22

Deltaart wrote:

sigh... Dissapointed. Is it Cheaper to fix or just buy a new camera?

As mentioned above I've just got mine fixed by Johnson's Photopia - my camera will be 2 years old next month so was still covered by the 2 year guarantee after buying from SRS. This does seem to be a well documented common problem so hopefully Pentax will honour repairs even when K30's are out of guarantee.

Comment by jemx99 posted on The dreaded K30 aperture motor failure strikes again at 02/11/2014 - 20:09

DonaldM wrote:
I wonder if the guys at SRS have seen much of this, might be reassuring if they could advise how many K30's they sold and what percentage are they aware of with this problem.

Yes would be interesting to see the stats.
The K30 is a fantastic camera apart from this problem. I'm glad mine is home again - I did miss it when it was being fixed

Comment by jemx99 posted on The dreaded K30 aperture motor failure strikes again at 01/11/2014 - 16:18

Was going suggest the sp90 which should give you good results and as you say use the kit lens for the other shots. Also as Richard suggests use raw to give you the chance to get WB spot on - this is a situation where raw is indispensable. The KR is a very capable camera which should give you great results.

Comment by jemx99 posted on Lighting in the church at 30/10/2014 - 22:26

Opethian wrote:
What about these things?

EU Standard 2 Year Legal Guarantee - http://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/shopping/shopping-abroad/guarantees/index_e...

The Sale of Goods Act - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8253915.stm

Even Apple is respecting the Sale of Goods Act:

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Consumers have the right to choose whether to claim service under the Apple One-Year Limited Warranty or under their consumer law rights.

From - https://www.apple.com/legal/warranty/products/ipad-english-uk.html

Well, I hope this helps!

Interesting stuff thanks.

By the way my K30 arrived back from Johnsons - seems as good as new!

Comment by jemx99 posted on The dreaded K30 aperture motor failure strikes again at 30/10/2014 - 21:26

Yes the first batch of K30s will be out of warranty now. Hopefully Pentax /Ricoh will help out anybody with this fault even if their camera is out of guarantee as this is a true well documented manufacturing fault. My K30 has been in Johnsons for almost 3 weeks waiting for parts - Lucky my camera was covered by it's 2 year guarantee (which would have run out in December).

Comment by jemx99 posted on The dreaded K30 aperture motor failure strikes again at 29/10/2014 - 22:57

DonaldM wrote:
hopefully though the issue is rare.

Unfortunately I wonder whether it's a more common issue than we would like.

Comment by jemx99 posted on The dreaded K30 aperture motor failure strikes again at 28/10/2014 - 21:12

The K30 certainly does have a problem with this same fault mentioned on a number of different sites. Speaking to technicians at Johnsons Photopia they have not seen this problem with K50's though.

Comment by jemx99 posted on The dreaded K30 aperture motor failure strikes again at 27/10/2014 - 22:21

How long did Johnson's give you as a guarantee on the repair? I'd contact them again and tell what you say in your last post.

Comment by jemx99 posted on DFA 100 WR Macro slow aperture at 21/10/2014 - 22:56

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