The sensor unit in my DS went bad after about 5 years. OTOH, my early adopter *ist D is still going. I sold my K10D after about 3 years to get the K7, so my experience with long term DSLRs is 50%
2011/4/4 Ralf R. Radermacher <fotor...@gmx.de>: > The OK button of my, or rather Michael's, K10D has stopped working. Just > got the cost estimate for the repair: 310,45 euros > > My DS gave up after 4 years (rear thumbwheel erratic, repair too > expensive), the K10D, 4 1/2 years old, is now beyond economical repair, > my K-7 had been exchanged by the dealer and #2 needed a new trigger > button after less than a year, and I'm at my 4th K-5 and counting... > > Is this just a strain of bad luck or is Pentax' quality really going > down the drain? Or is an average economic lifetime of a mere 4 1/2 years > for a DSLR a normal thing nowadays? > > Ralf > > -- > Ralf R. Radermacher - DL9KCG - Köln/Cologne, Germany > Blog : http://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com > Audio : http://aporee.org/maps/projects/fotoralf > Web : http://www.fotoralf.de > > -- > 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. > -- Steve Desjardins -- 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.
