I find electronics stuff dies all the time. I've had A Sharp camcorder and DVD player both work fine for years and then all of sudden fail one day, with no warning.
In the case of AC appliances, if I was looking for an external cause I'd guess it was power surges. In the case of other items, I guess nothing lasts forever. Tom C. >From: Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: Don't want to sound too alarmist but... >Date: Mon, 21 May 2007 16:18:04 -0700 > > >On May 21, 2007, at 3:02 PM, Cotty wrote: > > > The Canon lenses will still be working in 3 years - dunno about 6. > > Electronic AF and AE (and IS inside one lens) mean that there's a > > lot to > > go wrong. I suspect the electronics will die before anything else. > >Why would the electronics die unless you dunked them in water? I've >got an electronic calculator here that's nearly 30 years old and >still working perfectly. > >G > >-- >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >[email protected] >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
