Counterpoint - with five of these, and only one bought new - I have used and abused these to no end - people on this list can attest to that. The times I have sent them in for repair has been due to wear or a drop, or two. They get more use than any of my other cameras and I would expect them to therefore get more attention. I never hesitate to grab one whenever I go out to shoot.
I have been unhappy with a repair once, and that was when it did not go to Pentax. From now on, Pentax Colorado gets the nod when looking at my LXen. By the way, the last one I got - from a list member - was the first I ever saw with a sticky mirror. I got a kick out of showing it to people. Of course they thought I was crazy. That one has been CLAd and is just fine. Cesar Panama City, Florida -- -----Original Message----- -- From: Bojidar Dimitrov [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] -- Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2003 2:20 AM -- -- Hi, -- -- > From: "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- > > I'd buy an LX. -- -- -- Christian Skofteland wrote: -- > -- > After all your grumblings about it's reliability? ;-) -- -- Yep, my thought exactly. I have a newest-style LX which has been to -- Pentax twice, and it still ain't 100% healthy. Pentax tells me that -- uneven exposure within one frame is due to my lenses... -- -- > Seriously, I wish I had had the money and contacts to buy an LX2000 -- > or one of the last LX's sold in Japan. To me (reliability aside, -- > because, knock on wood, I haven't had any issues with mine) the LX -- > is what a camera should be. -- -- Theoretically, the LX is what a camera should be. But -- practically, it -- is a high-maintenance-never-know-if-it-will-work-OK camera. -- -- I have asked Pentax Germany to find me an LX2000, and they -- can't. All -- are gone. -- -- Boz -- --
