Also, like most price sensitive manufacturers, Pentax's final quality
control inspector is the customer. You can get a camera that 20 years
ago would never have left the factory. Pentax, and most other
manufactures, know they are doing this and will pretty much cheerfully
repair or replace they camera. From all accounts once you have a good
one it works fine . But it is sure annoying, ain't it?. Think of it this
way, it probably saves you $100 on the price of the camera.
graywolf
http://www.graywolfphoto.com
"Idiot Proof" <==> "Expert Proof"
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William Robb wrote:
----- Original Message ----- From: "mike wilson"
Subject: Re: Another firm believe shattered
I have to say that I am suprised by the number of people on here who
have had a similar experience to you. Maybe list members are more
exploratory of their camera's capabilities than other users and find
these things out. Certainly, if I had wavered in my belief that the
present range of DSLRs does not fit my requirements, I would have
been quite put off purchase by the number of failure tales that have
arisen.
Most of the camera failures I have read about could have been caused
by one bad battery cell. The istD is twitchy about battery power, but
seems reliable enough otherwise.
Mine has proven itself more reliable than two of my LX's on time
between service, and has proven more reliable than all three combined
on number of exposures between service.
William Robb
