I haven't read anything on this thread yet (but my curiosity was piqued when I saw that Vic posted). I've only had three types of Pentaxes. 3 Spotmatics, and MX and now, my LX. Can't say I've had any reliability problems with any of them, other than meters in two of the Spots (damn, can't they make meters that last more than 30 years?!?). My MX had a sticky shutter when I got it, that was cured by a CLA. Right now the shutter of the MX caps in the cold above 1/500, so once I get my Leica back from the shop, the MX goes in, likely for another CLA. I've only had the LX for a bit more than a month, so can't comment on that one.
But hell, I have 5 Pentax cameras, the newest one of which is not likely less than 20 years old, and they're all just humming away! Not bad, in my books.
Now, I'll go back and read the rest of this thread.
cheers, frank
"The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer
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<snip> You know the LX has really takes a beating here some times. <snip>
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