One other factor that is not mentioned, but is very real - is usage. Most DSLR users take more frames with their DSLR's than their film equivalents. Usually by a wide margin. I can vouch for myself, that I have taken more frames with my 2 *istD's in the past 2 1/2 years than all the rest of my film cameras combined for the rest of my life. It is a very common occurrence to explore and experiment far more with the DSLR. So you can add to the longevity factor that the DL body would probably get way more use of the shutter and mechanisms than an equivalent LX. This could shorten the life of the DSLR in linear years, even though it is possible that the DSLR outlasts the LX in shutter actuations. Since we are talking about linear years, the LX may have even more chance of lasting - just not used very much in comparison.
-- Bruce Tuesday, June 27, 2006, 1:29:33 PM, you wrote: mw> Aaron Reynolds wrote: >> I have never seen Pentax advertising material claiming that the LX is >> weatherproof. mw> I've heard quite the opposite because of the user-changeable prisms and mw> screens. mw> http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/hardwares/classics/pentaxlx/reliability/index.htm mw> The bottom of this page shows some of the diagrams from the original mw> Pentax brochure, which I've been unable to find online. >> >> What do you mean by 'prolonged exposure to rain'? Out on the deck all night? mw> Shooting outside in medium rain for an hour? I've done the latter with mw> the DS2. mw> I've had my LX lock up in medium cold (by Canadian standards) -- we'll mw> see how the DS2 does this winter. mw> Out in three days' constant rain. Wet enough that I didn't want to mw> change film. The battery problem was common to all alkaline-powered mw> cameras. With the LX, you had three choices - no battery, lithium cell mw> or the remote battery pack. >> >> Why would it be that the electronic board for one camera will be available >> for a long time, mw> but for another it will only be available for short time? mw> Because one camera was made in large numbers for more than six months. >> As to LX repair frequency, it was a constant topic on my first stint on the >> PDML. mw> What kind of repairs were the barrage of DL complaints about? mw> D, not DL. Mainly sensor problems and irregular battery problems IIRC. mw> mike -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
