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Forum: Pentax K-30 & K-50
11-17-2018, 03:33 AM
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That was my first thought (keep the white one in a safe place), but then I imagined of a situation, that I might need to take some pictures and tha camera suddenly fails.. so this is why I still don't know what to do.
Anyway I think I'll go with the first option and see what will happen.
Thanx!
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Forum: Pentax K-30 & K-50
11-17-2018, 03:04 AM
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Update...
While waiting for the new white solenoid to arrive, I decided to open again my k50 and fiddle with it. There I realized that the tiny cable that I thought I attached to the old (green solenoid) was loose. So I guess I did not do a good job the first time...
I resoldered it again and now I made sure it was attached firmly in place.
Fired up the camera.. now works again...
Wish I opened it earlier..
Anyway now I received the white solenoid, but really I am too lazy to open the camera again and solder it.
What do I do? Any opinions?
Should I leave the green solenoid since it works flawlessly for now or should I remove it and replace it with the white one?
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Forum: Pentax K-30 & K-50
10-13-2018, 10:00 AM
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Soooo the guy from eBay is right?
That's good to know!
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Forum: Pentax K-30 & K-50
10-12-2018, 04:06 PM
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Forum: Pentax K-30 & K-50
10-12-2018, 03:28 PM
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I ordered the white solenoid from ebay! It will be here (Greece) near the end of November! Patience patience patience!!
I'll update!
Don't know about this, but from what I read from most of the reviews, the solenoid did what it was supposed to do.
I dont know if he's lying on purpose OR guessed it OR Pentax while manufacturing the Kx had said that it was made there.
The only thing I know is that it works. Anyway thanx for pointing it out (not that it makes a difference to me now that I have ordered it), but all I/we have to do is wait!! ;-)
I did, but had no results
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Forum: Pentax K-30 & K-50
10-11-2018, 12:09 AM
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Photogem!
Thanx for your reply..
The thing about the whole diaphragm block is that it has the green solenoid installed as far as I can see from the photos in the website. So I really don't know if it will last after a few thousand shot and not break down again. So I think my best option is to find a white solenoid and replace it.
Right! :):):)
Do you think that the solenoid is related to the shutter sticking sometimes? Or is this a separate problem? I mean do you think it will resolve the sticky mirror as well or is this another problem? I'm asking because if this is a totally other issue, it might be a good idea to sell my k50 and get another camera..
Anyway do you think I might just go for the white solenoid first (if I can find one) and see how it goes, or buy the whole aperture block thing? What would you do? I'm really confused (and short of money)..
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Forum: Pentax K-30 & K-50
10-10-2018, 09:35 AM
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I'm sorry but I don't quite get it. I have two lenses with an aperture ring. A pentax A-50mm f2 and a 24-70 from sigma.
When using the Pentax lens in the A position the pictures come out black, while the readings from the green button seem to be ok. When using the aperture ring manually, the pictures come out good.
The mirror stucks rarely.
When using the Sigma 24-70 I get the same results regarding the underexposed images, while the mirrors stucks really frequently, about 1 in five or six clicks.
When using the full auto Pentax 35mm f2.4 the mirror never stucks but the images are black again. Readings seem to be ok here as well.
When using the full auto Tamron 18-200, mirror stucks again frequently and images come out black. Readings again seem to be fine.
So when the camera is controlling the aperture, nothing seems to work fine.
So I don't get the "camera is OK" you state above. I'm sorry but my English is not very good, so I might not understand what you are trying to say.
I agree with you, but if I told you that the mirror stuck problem, comes up even when using manually the aperture ring? I mean it comes up randomly in every case I fit a lens. Without the lens the mirror makes all the cycle without any issues.
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Forum: Pentax K-30 & K-50
10-10-2018, 05:47 AM
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Hey everybody..
From my last post, where I filed the green solenoid thing, I managed to take about 1000 photos. Then again the black image reappeared... And something else as well. The mirror sometimes is not performing a full cycle, so it gets stuck midway after taking a picture.
Do you think this problem is related to the solenoid as well?
If so, do you think if I replace the solenoid with a new one, all problems should disappear (at least temporarily?) or if I replace the selonoid the shutter problem will remain and will have to replace another part?
Is it worth to service the camera or not? (Out of warranty)
Thank you
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Forum: Pentax K-30 & K-50
08-09-2018, 11:25 AM
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As I was removing the old solenoid to do the filing thing, one of the wires got cut from its connection. So I soldered it back in the same solenoid..
The pink wire is the one that got disconnected/cut off/ripped from the solenoid (sorry for my english btw - not my native language)
Man you are a true genious!!! That was the problem! I didn't get the position right, so I disassembled the cover again and put it right this time! No problem now when taking pictures!
Thanx thanx thanx for all of your help!!!!
---------- Post added 08-09-2018 at 09:26 PM ----------
As I was removing the old solenoid to do the filing thing, one of the wires got cut from its connection. So I soldered it back in the same solenoid..
The pink wire is the one that got disconnected/cut off/ripped from the solenoid (sorry for my english btw - not my native language)
Man you are a true genious!!! That was the problem! I didn't get the position right, so I disassembled the cover again and put it right this time! No problem now when taking pictures!
Thanx thanx thanx for all of your help!!!!
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Forum: Pentax K-30 & K-50
08-08-2018, 12:02 PM
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Oh man! Yes!! Thank you everybody!!
Fixed it!
I was so nervous that I thought I'd do sth stupid, since I am a total noob in soldering!!!
Thanx everybody for the tutorials and the thread and everything!!
My story is this..
Black pictures.
Then I tried to remove the solenoid to file the horseshoe... aaaaaand... I cut the wires byy mistake (shaky nervous hands)
Then after reading this tutorials, I even learned how to solder!!!
Many many Thanx!!!
Part 2... After soldering.. the mirror sometimes didn't go all the way down? Is there a possibility for this to happen, by screwing too tight the screw in the solenoid??
Problem is that I have only an old A lens, so I cannot try another lens.. But for sure this didn't happen before the soldering.. any ideas??
A walk-around I found is not to tighten the lens all the way. I mean right just when you are about to hear the click, you stop turning the lens.
This way, the mirror behave like it should.
Any ideas?
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