Regarding Pentax durability - I've been a Pentax user since 1969. I've used a Spotmatic, MX, ES II, SF1, PZ1, PZ1P, MZ-S & *ist D. I consistently shot hundreds of rolls a year, both for my own pleasure and for business. I've always treated these cameras as the precision instruments they are. I've never had any preventative maintained done and have only had two let downs (on the Spotmatic & SF1), that was not my fault. The other two let downs were due to my fault in loading film. This is one of the reasons I remain a Pentaxan.
Kenneth Waller ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jens Bladt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 12, 2004 12:45 PM Subject: RE: *istD Reliability : WAS: Concerns About Moving to Digital (Quality of istD) > As for durability: > I have almost exclusively used Pentax cameras since 1981. For amateur and > professional purposes. All the repairs (and there has been very few at that) > except one, was caused by my own bad handling - I dropped the thing, or got > tape stuck in the shutter, due to home rolled canisters in my PZ-1. > > IMHO, Pentax cameras are very well made and very durable. I believe I could > never wear out a Petnax camera. Maybe the *ist D will be an exception, > because with this camera I shoot in average 100 frames a day. That's 36500 > in just one year. I may have to have it serviced after three years (100.000 > frames), though! :-) > > -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- > Fra: J. C. O'Connell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sendt: 12. november 2004 01:25 > Til: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Emne: *istD Reliability : WAS: Concerns About Moving to Digital (Quality > of istD) > > > In my opinion, the *istD is too new (what is it about a 1.5 yr old?) > to make judgements regarding its long term reliabiliy. ( sorry for > stating the obvious, duh). > > While some have > probably already been worked real hard in terms of number of exposures, > there is always the issue of aging of components and it will take > a more time to know for sure how good or bad the long term reliability > will be because its no different than any other camera in that regard, > and only time will tell. > > JCO > > > >
