Originally posted by nonpigliounoshoot Originally posted by photogem But... knowing how to compare I earnestly think that if no K-70's fail in Italy but they do in other countries, it must then be for some amazing mystical reasons, maybe it is Rome, St. Peter, who knows.
San Pietro is not in Rome.
Better to read with some attention what I wrote.
And yet, of course St. Peter is in Rome: It is in Vatican City and V.C. is in Rome.
Maybe some would say it is above Rome but for different reasons.
Maybe one could write: St. Peter is "within" Rome but that's nitpicking.
Ah... some might claim, St. Peter is below Rome... as bones have been found 1950 "under the altar of the basilica San Pietro...
but we don't have bones from relatives to establish a DNA test... so here we are... it's in above hands or spirits....
Anyway:
I found 1 case of ABF with the K-70 mentioned in Amazon Italia plus 2 further ones, one by a French- the other by a Spanish buyer on Amazon Italia.
It is mentioned in Italian forums and here as well:
JuzaPhoto
but.... one can read very clearly very similar arguments there as you brought them over. Vehement denial!
By the way: If one purchases a Pentax K70 either via Amazan Italia or from an registered Pentax dealer in Italy, one gets the 4 year Fowa warranty automatically as one does get it if one buys a Zeiss lens (and other Zeiss equipment) And..... because Italian mentality often is about keeping things
very well ironed (stirato)... similar to the mentioned nuclear waste just deposited at the bottom on the sea... Fowa and Ricoh Italia extend this warranty.
So the one verified case on Amazon Italia is because the person sent it back right away. He didn't want it.
All the real cases in Italy: Stirato Liscio
So I counted the cases of verified K70 ABF mentioned in threads here in this forum were I myself participated:
Aside of the 12 already mentioned I found another 28 reports + 16 reports just in the tutorials I wrote for repairing defunct K70's
So we have 56 reports I found in this forum.
That is marginal compared to reports of the K30 and K50.
In Germany I know of 11 reports, compared to 227 reports of the K30/50
I myself have repaired about 100 K30/50/500/K-S1/K-S2s
but only 5 x K-70 (one was my own one)
But now we have the 2nd and well done modification of the China-Solenoid in the K70,
I am quite positive that the problem is solved.
Nevertheless, it happened and it did happen in dear Italy as well!