> While it is true that the sensor may have a limited lifespan, how long > does he really expect to be using his camera? You have to move on at > some point.
Why? That's just a justification for built-in obsolescence to satisfy the manufacturers, not the consumers. > > It's nostalgia speaking here. It's hip to say that you shoot film, > and that you shot film before it was cool. Guess what, the rest of > the world has moved on. If he wants to shoot film, he can do that. He has an M9. He's moaning that the sensor will be f_cked in a relatively short time, and will reduce the lifespan of the camera compared to his M3. It seems perfectly reasonable to want a camera that costs £5,000.00 to last a long time. If the sensor fails after, say, 20 years, and the rest of the body is designed to last 50, someone in the accounting department will ask why they are wasting so much cost in the body, and lower the quality so that it too has a life expectancy of only 20 years, and before you know it Leicas will be made of cardboard. People are still using Leicas from the 13th century, or thereabouts. Long may they continue to do so! B -- 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.
