New class-action lawsuit filed against Ricoh USA for aperture defects in the Pentax K-30 and K-50 cameras


A new putative class action lawsuit was filed in Pennsylvania against Ricoh USA for defects in the mechanism that controls the aperture of the Pentax K-30 and Pentax K-50 cameras. The defect reportedly leads to consistently black or dark images and renders the affected cameras unusable for their intended purpose:



A similar lawsuit was filed in New York in 2020 and was later dismissed:

Class action lawsuit for Pentax cameras aperture defects filed in New York

The class-action lawsuit for Pentax cameras aperture defects was dismissed

Here is a copy of the full filing:

New class-action lawsuit was filed against Ricoh USA for aperture issued in the Pentax K-30 and K-50 camera… by NikonRumors on Scribd

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