Hi Frantisek, > Tuesday, February 15, 2005, 10:19:12 AM, Malcolm wrote: > MS> I note that Cameraworld in London are selling some at a fraction > MS> that I bought one new for. It almost looks too good to be > true. With > MS> that in mind, has anyone bought a refurbished digital camera? A > MS> second body would be very useful, but not if I am going > to get a lemon. > > I haven't, so no advice on that one <g>. > > But some manufacturers put the total number of shutter > releases (including after assembly testing, I think!) > somewhere into the maker note field in the EXIF data. Few > EXIF viewers know that, and can show you the information. > That would be quite interesting to know if you can get a hold > of file from that refurb, as obviously a camera with 50 000 > releases might not be that desirable. I am not sure if Pentax > stores the number there, though. I think there was a thread > about it some time ago.
I'm surprised to see a reply as I haven't seen the original I sent appear or many other PDML posts (a very quite inbox)! Thanks for this, although I had to make a quickish decision on buying one or not; as it happens, I have eliminated any doubt and bought another new body. Malcolm
