I've got a 3.5 year old K100DSuper with 38,909 actuations and it's going strong. It doesn't have all the bells and whistles of newer models, but it's still rock solid.
On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 3:24 PM, Paul Stenquist <pnstenqu...@comcast.net> wrote: > As a footnote to all this, 14,000 images isn't excessive. You should be able > to go well beyond that. Most of my Pentax DSLRs went well beyond 20,000, and > all were still in excellent condition. > Paul > > On Jun 21, 2011, at 2:03 PM, Steven Desjardins wrote: > >> NO. Definitely buy a new camera. There is no hope in trying to save >> this one. A K5 would work much better. >> >> >> >> >> >> (You're welcome.) >> >> On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 10:07 AM, Ed Keeney <ewkph...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> I have a K100D that is now 4 1/2 years old with about 14000 images >>> taken. I've noticed more and more hot pixels being recorded on my >>> shots, requiring more and more post processing detail work. >>> >>> At what point do you say it is time to suck it up and get a new camera? >>> >>> I should have started saving a long time ago for this. >>> >>> Thanks! >>> Ed >>> http://picasaweb.google.com/ewkphoto >>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/edkeeney/ >>> >>> -- >>> 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. > > > -- > 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. > -- David Parsons Photography http://www.davidparsonsphoto.com Aloha Photographer Photoblog http://alohaphotog.blogspot.com/ -- 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.
