This is why I have a "rider" on our homeowners' insurance covering my cameras and lenses. It costs about $30 a year, and covers everything to replacement value. Similar riders are available on tenants' insurance.
Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW ----- Original Message ----- From: Zos Xavius <zosxav...@gmail.com> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> Cc: Sent: Sunday, April 28, 2013 5:18 PM Subject: Re: A failing k-5 sensor? oh no! :( Also I never sent it in to be checked out, because quite honestly I've been exceptionally poor lately and cannot afford hundreds of dollars in repair bills. I also have a blown metz flash that needs sent in right now and thats another 160 I don't have at the moment. It still worked fine for months until now. I never had any real issues other than the bent ring that I replaced and that was the only thing that seemed wrong. The lcd screen is a little scratchy, but heck pentax sells replacements so they can't fault me for that too much. I was just curious if anyone was ever in the same boat as me on this list. If they want $400 to replace the sensor, I'm probably out of luck at this moment in time. I've seen some other pentax cameras, and I get the feeling that pentaxians can be a bit hard on their gear. I try to never drop cameras, but disasters happen as I've sadly learned. On Sun, Apr 28, 2013 at 5:10 PM, Zos Xavius <zosxav...@gmail.com> wrote: > Well, yeah, the k-5 survived a tripod fall, but did get a good scuff > on the bottom plate. The ring bent and my 12-24 had its mount broken. > I want to kill the designer that thought putting a quick release > button right next to the ball release button was a good idea. It was > dark. Bad move. Still the camera worked fine after that for 4-5 months > afterwards and took easily 10,000 more pictures. I took the ring off > my k-7 and swapped it to the k-5 when I discovered that the ring was > actually the cause of my softness issues. They went away with a good > straight ring. It looks like the circuitry of the sensor is failing. > You'd think that if I damaged it somehow it would immediately cause me > problems. > > On Sun, Apr 28, 2013 at 4:52 PM, Paul Stenquist <pnstenqu...@comcast.net> > wrote: >> A bent ring? Do you mean it has a bent lens mount? That could easily be the >> cause of your problems, and it's unacceptable in any case. If the camera >> looks beat up, you will probably have to pay for the repairs. If I dropped a >> camera, and it landed hard enough to cause physical damage, I would want it >> checked out and repaired whether the warrantee applied or not. No offense, >> but it sounds like placing the blame on you wouldn't be unreasonable. Good >> luck with this. I've found CRIS to be reasonable and helpful. Hope for the >> best, but don't count on it. >> >> Paul >> On Apr 28, 2013, at 4:32 PM, Zos Xavius <zosxav...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> So 28k clicks in and 9 months later the sensor on my k-5 is now >>> randomly throwing green bars across my images. I'm going to send it in >>> under warranty. It has some cosmetic damage. What should I expect from >>> CRIS? Will they try to place the blame on me because the bottom plate >>> has some nice scuffs in it and the LCD cover is nicely scratched up? I >>> had to take the bent k-mount ring from my k-7 and replace it with the >>> good one from the k-5. So it has a bent ring on it too. I'd hate to >>> send this in and end up with a $400 bill because I don't think >>> dropping the camera 4-5 months ago caused the problem I'm having now >>> after at least another 10k actuations. >>> >>> -- >>> 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. -- 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.
