Originally posted by Bart I just got my K10D back after the longest stay with Pentax service (from august) and now something new happened:
The camera can no longer activate the aperture blades of my lenses.
Checked with an A, a FA and a DA lens. The A and the FA are on the "A" position.
Anybody has any suggestions, please?
Or is it back to Pentax?
The spring has fallen off the little lever that actuates the apeture.
I had this happen on my K100D, which looks to be all but identical to my K10D and K20D.
I also detached the same spring on my K10D trying to take pictures for another forum member showing how to fix the problem.
This is very hard to describe, but if you look into the lens opening you will see a little lever sort of thing on the (right? I am not near my camera now) that actuates the apeture when the exposure is made.
This lever moves straight up and down, but it has a small spring that holds it down and returns it after the aperture is closed down.
The spring hooks over a small bump on the back/side of the lever. If you can see/find the spring, you can try to hook it back where it belongs.
When my K100D had this problem, I could see the spring down lower in the body and I used something like a small pin and was able to get the pin through the hoop on the end of the spring. After that, I was able to slip it back into place over the spot on the lever where it belongs.
When I detached the spring on the K10D, I could not see it. I had to remove the bottom plate, and then I could see it. I was able to push it back up from the bottom so that I could get to it from the front and re-attach it like I did on the K-100D.
I will see if I have any pics at home later tonight.
Ray