On 17 Jan 2005 at 14:09, Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote: > Unless I know the previous owner I would not touch them with a > bargepole, on the assumption that people just fire away with a digital > camera. There will be plenty of worn parts in there.
I don't think I'd be too concerned about mechanical wear, I've not heard of anyone here wearing out a shutter in even well flogged late film cameras. > I may be wrong, I usually am. I'd be more wary of dodgy switches, failed flashes, hot pixels, loose/damaged electrical connectors and cleaning induced sensor damage. Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
