My guess is Pentax would have to have sourced a modified version.
I don't think Pentax could continue to use a part *KNOWING* it was likely to
fail. Nor do I think they would even if they could get away with it.
The question is how to find out whether a used K-70 has the "good" solenoid
before you buy it. I'm pretty sure a new one would be Ok.
On 3/15/2021 12:37:20, Alistair Lax wrote:
Having spent a few hours looking at the Pentax forums it appears that the
original white Japanese solenoid was discontinued and was replaced with a green
Chinese one which was problematic. As far as I can work out, Pentax is still
using a green Chinese solenoid. Therefore the key question, which I've so far
been unable to clarify, is whether the currently used solenoid is a modified
version.
Alistair
On 15/03/2021 04:25 pm, Bill wrote:
On 3/15/2021 10:20 AM, Alistair Lax wrote:
The K-30, K-50 and K-70 are all named in the class action lawsuit, but it
appears unclear how much, if at all, the K-70 is affected. There's a lot of
internet chatter including from people don't even have a K-70, some people
who seem to have had the problem, and some quoting a Pentax representative
who apparently stated the mechanism in the K-70 was different. It's a
confused picture.
Alistair
Honestly, a good place to get this sort of information is pentaxforums.com.
My understanding is the problem originated from the supplier of the solenoid
either stopping making it or making it unavailable, so a new one was sourced
from another vendor, and that one is problematic.
bill
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