Pentax K-70 Digital SLR Camera Body (Black) - £499 at Amazon UK

Film gear especially - I bought a couple of Hasselblads, a Rolleiflex, a Leica Minilux, a Pentax 6x7, a Mamiya and a load of 35mm SLRs between 2013-15 for a couple of hundred quid tops on any of them - now they're worth many times that because of Youtubers shilling certain 'cult cameras'. The Minilux is now dead with an E02 error after countless rolls and adventures - but it's now worth about twice as much as what I paid for it while it was working. Lovely paperweight!

Ahh the dreaded green solenoid that caused problems for the previous cameras K-30, K-50, K-S1, K-S2 and K-70.
Ricoh introduced a 3rd generation solenoid back in Jan 21 so supposedly all cameras manufactured after that date will be fine.

I hear you, they kept replacing green with green......same solenoid, same problem.

Ever thought about repairing it ? There's a very good guide on Pentax forums by a member called Photogem, it only takes about 20 mins, of course it involves a bit of disassembly and soldering of 2 wires.......then you have to find an oem white solenoid......thats where ebay comes in (edited)

I suppose it's a good buy compared to the KF which is basically a K-70 with some new parts inside but at £849 that isn't cheap.

It's only certain models that have the issue, but that seems to have been all of the "entry" models for want of a better term since Ricoh went with the green solenoid........of no consolation but, I've had my K3ii since new in 2016 and have had no problems.