All Forum Comments
A very nice set
Comment by WiltshireBorn posted on See it, shoot it. at 13/11/2026 - 12:08
Took my Pentax KP with the 18-135mm up Martinsell Hill on a cold but sunny morning. I stupidly forgot to reset the ISO to Auto and it was set at 1600 from some earlier shots inside a dark church!
Comment by WiltshireBorn posted on Martinsell Hill - Marlborough, Wiltshire at 13/11/2026 - 11:52
Well my K70 has gone off to have the aperture solenoid replaced, the camera is in mint condition and a very low shutter count. I have also bought a mint KP body, complete with all the grips and that will be my main camera now but I am not sure whether or not I should sell the K70 when it comes back from the repairers or should I keep it just in case the KP develops a fault?
Comment by WiltshireBorn posted on New DSLR Rumour Mill at 31/10/2026 - 10:58
Thank you all for your lovely comments. I am very happy to have a KP again. The hardest thing when taking those shots was trying to keep the rain off the front of the lens, the 20-40mm has such a short lens hood
Comment by WiltshireBorn posted on My replacement camera has arrived! at 26/10/2026 - 08:50
johnriley wrote:
Colours are magnificent in the rain. Hope you enjoy your new camera!
Thank you JohnColours are magnificent in the rain. Hope you enjoy your new camera!
Comment by WiltshireBorn posted on My replacement camera has arrived! at 26/10/2026 - 08:48
I am sending my K70 body off to a Pentax repair centre in London and I now have a silver KP body to replace it. I took it out to a local forest to try it out and it was pouring with rain, so a good test ha ha!
Comment by WiltshireBorn posted on My replacement camera has arrived! at 25/10/2026 - 12:20
A fantastic collection of photos of two beautiful places, that GR camera is Grrrreat!
Comment by WiltshireBorn posted on Bath, Cirencester and Bradford on Avon at 17/10/2026 - 10:10
UPDATE!! I received the "Pentax K3ii" that I bought off E-Bay and firstly it was NOT a K3ii but a K3 and secondly it was in a bad condition. So I immediately asked for a refund and sent it back. I have since found a lovely KP in silver which I have bought and it should be with me in a few days, so I am pretty excited. Meanwhile, the aperture block with my K70 has gradually got worse, at first my first photo would turn out black but I took it out yesterday and the first FIVE images were blacked out!
Comment by WiltshireBorn posted on Oh dear! I think my Pentax K70 is failing! at 16/10/2026 - 10:45
HarisF1 wrote:
That's painful to hear... the K-70 seemed a little bit more reliable with respect to the aperture issue.
What is your K-70's manufacturing date? There was a point after which a different aperture solenoid was used, and they don't seem to have many reports of failure.
If you want the K-70 sorting out, I've done both the filing method as well as the swap for a white solenoid before. In my view the filing method is perfectly fine to use (especially for cheaper models) but I'd recommend the white solenoid swap for something like the K-70.
The KP screen ribbon issue only seems 'common' due to that effect where people only report failures. The name escapes me. And if your KP ends up failing, the ribbon swap is also very easily do-able, taking only a little more time than the aperture solenoid swap. I've found that a generic ribbon can be used to get a very cost effective repair in place (check over on the PF site for my thread), and on AliExpress there's a seller who sells what looks like a copy of the genuine part. It's nearly indistinguishable from the replacement I purchased from John Pye.
Either of the three can be used (and I actually still use my replaced KP without any problems) to get a reliable repair.
But on topic - the K-70 should probably be sorted to reduce the need to overwork the shutter continuously. Does the LV button have the same impact, or is there an 'optical preview' button somewhere that avoids the shutter actuating?
My K70 was made in 2019 and at the moment it's only the first image that comes out black, after that the images are fine. I have decided against the KP now because of the ribbon issue and I have just bought a K3ii with around 25,000 acctuations which I think will be a more reliable choice. I have had a K3 and K5ii in the past and never had any problems with themThat's painful to hear... the K-70 seemed a little bit more reliable with respect to the aperture issue.
What is your K-70's manufacturing date? There was a point after which a different aperture solenoid was used, and they don't seem to have many reports of failure.
If you want the K-70 sorting out, I've done both the filing method as well as the swap for a white solenoid before. In my view the filing method is perfectly fine to use (especially for cheaper models) but I'd recommend the white solenoid swap for something like the K-70.
The KP screen ribbon issue only seems 'common' due to that effect where people only report failures. The name escapes me. And if your KP ends up failing, the ribbon swap is also very easily do-able, taking only a little more time than the aperture solenoid swap. I've found that a generic ribbon can be used to get a very cost effective repair in place (check over on the PF site for my thread), and on AliExpress there's a seller who sells what looks like a copy of the genuine part. It's nearly indistinguishable from the replacement I purchased from John Pye.
Either of the three can be used (and I actually still use my replaced KP without any problems) to get a reliable repair.
But on topic - the K-70 should probably be sorted to reduce the need to overwork the shutter continuously. Does the LV button have the same impact, or is there an 'optical preview' button somewhere that avoids the shutter actuating?
Comment by WiltshireBorn posted on Oh dear! I think my Pentax K70 is failing! at 10/10/2026 - 17:14
I have noticed recently that the first image I take everytime I take my K70 out, comes out completly under exposed. I looked up the symptoms and aperture block seems to be the obvious reason. I don't know how quickly it will fail completly but hopefully it will last me a bit longer. I have been thinking about getting a second hand KP, I had one before and regretted selling it but I hear there was trouble with the rear screen connecting ribbon?
Comment by WiltshireBorn posted on Oh dear! I think my Pentax K70 is failing! at 09/10/2026 - 20:13
