Not just a chance other brands do, a near-certainty. A few months ago I looked through the Canon 1D/DS/5D forum on dpreview. In an informal survey on one thread, more than a quarter of the 60-odd (IIRC) respondents had 1D-family cameras that were either broken or had had to go back to Canon for repairs.
Rick --- On Tue, 11/25/08, Boris Liberman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The main question here is whether other brands suffer the > same kind of illness... Hard to tell, but there is a fair > chance that Pentax is not alone in this crime. > > Boris > > > jtainter wrote: > > I have had my DA* 50-135 F2.8 about 15 months. In that > time I doubt > > if I have taken more than 150 images with it. > > > > I used it yesterday and it worked fine. In fact I got > a particularly > > fine image with it. Then it went into my camera bag > overnight. Today > > I pulled it out and put it on the K20D. It won't > focus--either by AF > > or manually. The focus ring turns but the the scale > doesn't. Same > > thing when it is off the camera. It somehow broke > itself overnight > > sitting in my bag. > > > > This couldn't come at a worse time. I am in Rome > for a few days, and > > have been finding this lens useful for several shots. > > > > So I will have to pay Pentax to repair it. Then what > can I expect? > > Another 150 shots before it has to be repaired again? > > > > Pentax, I am not amused. > > > > Joe > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
