Yeah, I would be inclined to just get a new camera at this point. Either the K-x for the low light or the K7.
-- Best regards, Bruce Wednesday, January 20, 2010, 6:57:03 PM, you wrote: ps> Hi Ken, ps> I might skip the repair and buy a K7. You should be able to get ps> one for less than $1000 now. Keep the K20 as is as a backup camera ps> that works only with a crop. Or fix the K20 and sell it for a bit ps> more than you paid. I think you can still get $450. I got that ps> much for my K10 about six months ago. ps> Paul ps> On Jan 20, 2010, at 7:31 PM, Luiz Felipe wrote: >> Ken, bad news indeed. I'd second Ecke's idea - the K-x is rather close in $$ >> and you'd get the best high ISO performance this side of the k-mount >> frontier. >> >> I'm not suggesting the K-x would be THE replacement for the K20, but all the >> same, it's not that bad. Paying $400 for the repair seems a tough option. >> >> Good luck. >> >> Luiz Felipe >> luiz.felipe at techmit.com.br >> http://www.techmit.com.br/luizfelipe >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.