Bill, It's not like Pentax has a history of getting it right the 1st time. (SF1n or PZ-1p) Regards, Bob S.
On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 10:49 PM, Bill <anotherdrunken...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 18/02/2013 10:29 PM, Christine Nielsen wrote: >> >> Here's an odd thing that happened to me today... >> >> <odd thing story snipped> >> >> >> So, what do you make of that? > > I think the K5 is a lemon, plain and simple. I'm of the opinion that Hoya > specced the camera way higher than the hardware could reliably deliver. I > believe they sourced all the electronic parts from the lowest bidder with > little regard for how variances would affect performance and reliability, > and they skipped doing any testing or quality control at all, going straight > from design to boxed units on the shelves with no steps in between. > There are lots of good ones, but there are way too many bad ones out there > to believe Hoya wasn't wringing every Yen possible out of the thing to make > the camera division look at least somewhat profitable. > From what I've read, the K5II and K5IIs, which are Ricoh era cameras, are > closer to what the K5 should have been. Hopefully they've fixed the lens > release button. > > bill > > > -- > 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.
