>Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2001 22:29:36 -0400
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>From: Mark Cassino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Re: Mz-S: Two Thumbs Up!
>
>At 03:00 PM 7/21/01 -0700, you wrote:
>>Lots of people are quite excited about the new MZ-S, extolling
>>its virtues of size, handling, features, and apparent build
>>quality. Recently I've read a few articles about camera
>>durability. It seems that the number of cycles the shutter is
>>designed for is a good indicator of a camera's longevity,
>>assuming the body holds together.
>>
>>Early Pentax had shutters that were good for about 50,000
>>cycles, later models, like the Spotmatic, bumped that up to
>>about 100,000 cycles. "Pro" cameras seem to be in the 150,000
>>cycle range. Where does the MZ-S fall?
>
>I don't know what the projections are about the Mz-S, and don't care.
>
>The concept of mean time between failure is useful for corporations who
>need to calculate their liability under warranty policies (or calibrate
>those policies to minimize liability) but is pretty useless on an
>individual basis. You may have the Spotmatic that goes to 50,000, I may
>have one that goes to 250,000. The 150,00 mtbf rule would apply, but
>you'd be pissed and I'd be happy.
>
>Right now, my LX is in Colorado to get the shutter replaced. I don't know
>how it fared against the MTBF projections for Lx's. It broke. I'm getting
>it fixed. No big deal.
>
>These days, the issue is further minimized because the odds are that any
>film camera you buy today will outlast film as a medium for storing
>digital images.
>
>The rather quaint notion that you buy something once and never buy a
>similar device for the rest of you life arose out of 19th century and
>prior technology where things just plain didn't change fast enough to
>warrant being replaced in one lifetime. That logic was obsolete in the
>20th century, and is mythologic in the 21st century. Things are more
>disposable than ever.
>
>I don't worry about the Mz-S lasting. It will probably outlast my use of
>film, and if it doesn't, I'll send it in to get fixed, like I just did
>with my LX.
>
>- MCC
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