K-3 is an amazing camera. Image quality is a notable improvement over the K5-iis. You'll love it. Regards, Bob S.
On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 10:37 PM, Paul <pentax1...@gmail.com> wrote: > Yikes!! I thought the 55-300WR I bought a couple months ago would be the > last purchase for a while. > > How wrong I was. Last weekend I popped the SD card out of the K-5, copied > the files to my desktop and when I tried to put the card back in the camera > it wouldn't latch in place. Tried several different cards...same result. I > wouldn't have felt as bad if the sensor had failed. > > At any rate, Precision Camera wanted $206.50 (labor) plus parts to do the > repair. Thinking I might be spending $300-400 to repair a several > generations old camera I went to Adorama and B&H in search of a replacement > that wouldn't cost an arm and a leg. > > A K-3 with a BG-3 grip for $749 should arrive tomorrow. > > -p > -- > Being old doesn't seem so old now that I'm old. > > -- > 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.
