----- Original Message ----- From: "Malcolm Smith" Subject: MX expenditure.
> This morning, whilst changing lenses, I noticed a black spec on the mirror. > Having carefully cleaned it, I put the lens back on and saw another and > another....the dreaded black snow of disintegrating foam. So far the > purchase and maintenance costs of this camera have worked out to approx GBP > 0.015 a day, during my period of ownership. A CLA will put the daily > ownership figure sky high :-) > > What an expensive pastime this is! Be glad it's not an LX. On average, mine cost arounf a dollar and a half every time I trip the shutter. William Robb