I concur. My two *istD bodies have a combined total of around 40,000 images. Neither one has had a hiccup through the entire time. That is about 1,100 rolls of film. Far more wear and tear than I ever put on my film bodies. You may ask why so many images - the ability to shoot speculation with digital has had a major impact for me. Basically, I can shoot events where I may or may not make money (kids sports, social events, etc). When shooting film, I couldn't even consider this venue because it would be way too costly.
If you were to count the number of frames shot by these digital SLR's I think you would find that they are more durable than you might have imagined. Most film cameras don't have that much use put on them. If you think of all the reports of ZX-5 series cameras breaking, without nearly the amount of use, I would say that the film cameras are perhaps less robust than the digis. -- Best regards, Bruce Sunday, September 25, 2005, 5:33:33 AM, you wrote: JF> Trevor, JF> The majority of people on this list would now appear to be shooting JF> digital, so most reports of camera malfunctions will concern digitals. JF> Furthermore, digital malfunctions are newsworthy, whilst film camera JF> malfunctions are not. I bet we've heard from every DSLR-owner whose JF> camera has malfunctioned, whilst film camera malfunctions go unmentioned. JF> Furthermore, at least some of the reports about DSLR problems can be JF> traced to misunderstandings about how the things work, or bad batteries. JF> I think you'll find that the great majority of owners have had no problems. JF> John JF> On Sun, 25 Sep 2005 07:05:50 +0100, Trevor Bailey JF> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> G'day All. >> I have stayed with film for the time being. >> The PZ-1p is super reliable even if it's hard on batteries. >> From the traffic on this forum about *ist D body malfunctions, I am >> holding off of investing in Pentax Digital SLR. >> >> I don't have the Dollars to throw at a Digital or the patience for the >> pissing around of warranty claims, waiting around and freight costs. >> >> If the reliability improves, Who knows. >> >> I wonder if Pentax will release a grip and strap for the *ist Ds2 >> similar to the one for the PZ-1p if they don't do a battery grip? >> >> Hooroo. >> Regards, Trevor. >> Grafton. >> Australia >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Bill D. Casselberry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: <pentax-discuss@pdml.net> >> Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 12:14 PM >> Subject: anybody still shoot film? >> >> >>> >>> Hey kids! >>> >>> I'm back ;^) >>> >>> Got myself another 6x7 & the 45mm lens and a bunch of E100vs >>> >>> ... a 165mm f2.8, a 300mm f4 and some miscellany are enroute >>> to the new abode Let The "Real Photography" Begin!!! >>> >>> PS: it'll also do digital via a film scanner, something like >>> 250 megapixels or some such ... >>> !8^D egads! >>> >>> Wild Bill on the "Skenick Oregon Koast" >>> >>> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> JF> -- JF> Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/
