Certainly. Not much could go wrong with this model for as long as it's not
suffered from impact or water damage. The scratch-prone plastic eyepiece and
crack-prone bottom plate are a pain in the axx of course.
regards,
Alan Chan
The "repair/replacement of casings" included replacing the baseplat
I don't know, but I guess the eyepiece assembly and bottom plate would be
the 1st to disappear from the parts department. If that bothers you, buy and
keep one of each just in case. If you really want a scratch free way to
clean that plastic eyepiece, you can use Opti-clean which can be found in
The "repair/replacement of casings" included replacing the baseplate, of
course, which had the common crack near the battery door. They might have
replaced the RTF, or at least the top plastic cover of the RTF, as well.
The camera, although a bit scuffed, was operational before the CLA, but I
l
I've never sent my Pz-1p in for a CLA, but I sent a Pz-70 and Pz-20, and my
seems to need regualr trips to the mountains for its health.
I've never been charged more the $150, never been charged less than
$120. The biggest repair was with the Pz-70. They replaced the shutter
(mine was damaged)
- Original Message -
From: "Taz"
Subject: Re: PZ-1 CLA cost
> I replaced my eyepiece in my PZ-1 as well.but yikes are those things
> easy to scratch
I just bought a new pair of spectacles. The plastic lenses are coated with a
quartz (I think) material that i
Since the PZ-1 is a camera Pentax still supports, I figured it was
definitely worth it when I sent mine in to Pentax Colorado (a year ago)
soon after picking it up used. It wasn't in terrible shape and all
functions seemed to be operating. The thing I definitely wanted replaced
was that annoyin
It's not like mechanical cameras, I don't think the Z-1/Z-1p needs any
regular service. Just use them till something's broken, then replace that
part. These cameras are covered by circuits and wires everywhere inside,
stripping them down for no reason is likely to induce more trouble that it's
I don't want to wait for a problem. Just call it preventative
maintenance.
On Saturday 29 March 2003 11:04 pm, Alan Chan wrote:
> What's the nature of the problem?
>
> regards,
> Alan Chan
>
> >Has anyone sent a PZ-1 or PZ-1p to Pentax Colorado for a CLA?
> >I'm interested in an approximate cost
What's the nature of the problem?
regards,
Alan Chan
Has anyone sent a PZ-1 or PZ-1p to Pentax Colorado for a CLA?
I'm interested in an approximate cost. TIA
Ken
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