I don't think its fair to expect ANY DSLR even the best designed one on the planet at ANY cost to ever approach the reliablity of a K1000. It not a knock on Pentax. Its just that its extremely complex sensitive electronics compared to relatively simple mechanics.. And not only that, the K1000 was based on spotmatic which was about 10 years old so a lot was learned and refined already with the K1000 platform. Pentax DSLR designs are relatively all new.. jco
-----Original Message----- From: Paul Stenquist [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2005 8:50 AM To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: 3rd *istD body bites the dust How are you using them? I have two bodies that I work hard nearly every day. With about 2 1/2 years of combined use and 15,000 frames or so, no problems. Do you get them wet, drop them, subject them to a lot of RFI? Paul On Sep 22, 2005, at 1:16 AM, Kevin Waterson wrote: > Seems to me the digital offering from Pentax is just not going the > distance. > I have now had to send bodies back on 3 occasions (not the same body). > Is this indicative of what we can expect from Pentax in the digital > era? > I have only ever had a single K1000 repaired (felt) of the 6 bodies I > own. > > Kind regards > Kevin > > -- > "Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. > Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote." >
