Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
On Oct 30, 2005, at 8:01 AM, mike wilson wrote:
I would agree that many of the _problems_ seem to be associated
with power supply. But the _failures_, necessitating camera
return/repair, seem to be quite high.
My _impression_ (which is what most of us have - if I was really
anal about it I would have logged this) is that out of, say, sixty
users, there have been about six (at least) return/ repairs. That
seems quite high to me. Anyone care to poll on the matter?
I bet there are many more than 60 out here now. The only problem
I've had
with mine, was down to the nicads finally on their way out. The
other thing
to note is how many exposures there are taken between problems. I
know I've
shot way way more with the ist D than with a film camera, and the
more I use
it the more impressed I am with it.
I'm talking about 60 people who use and post. My impression is that
quite a high proportion of those have had enough trouble to need
intervention by either return or repair. It is entirely possible
that my impression may be skewed by people posting about their
problems when they are not part of the "normal" posting group.
Even if the total number of people on this mailing list had a problem,
it would be an insignificant fraction of the total number of cameras in
the field. Mailing lists like this self-select for those who are
interested users that will find issues with the equipment, and problems
are mentioned with much higher incidence than a survey of equipment in
the field would ever demonstrate.
You are undoubtedly correct in your second assertion but it does not
negate the possibility that there is a quite high failure rate with the
DSLR series. We only know the ones who post here and I have already
stated that these may be users who find the faults due to more, and more
extensive, use of the equipment. I am only concerned with those who
have had to return the units, not those who have had problems rectified
by, for example, change of power supply. It seems to me (and I repeat
that this is entirely subjective) that quite a large proportion of
listers have had to return their cameras. Unlike, for example, the
generic film transport problems that ran through the MZ series, there
does not seem to be an obvious, underlying, base problem with the DSLRs.
mike
