John Francis wrote:
On Fri, Mar 06, 2009 at 10:27:37AM +0000, mike wilson wrote:
---- frank theriault <[email protected]> wrote:
On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 6:13 AM, Derby Chang <[email protected]> wrote:
I popped into the distributor for Pentax today (and incidentally, Sigma,
Hassie, iRiver, and a few other brands).
I have an MX with a sticky shutter below 1/125s. I know they are justified
in making the decision, but still instinctively a bit miffed they wouldn't
take it for repair. Amazingly, they said even recent film AF cameras, such
as MZ-5 or MZ-6 can't be supported. Alas.
I'm surprised.
I'd think that older mechanical cameras can (subject to parts
availability from cannibalized parts bodies) should be serviceable in
perpetuity. I can see why AF cams can't be serviced (everything's
electronic and replacement is required rather than adjustment or
tuning), but as far as your camera?
Not logical. Everything needs only spare parts and skill to be repaired.
Well, yes, but ...
In an electro-mechanical camera individual parts can be replaced. With the
AF cameras you're seeing a whole lot more electronic integration, and many
of the parts are not something that could be fabricated by a competent home
engineer (unless you happen to have an IC fab plant in your basement).
The ribbon cable part of the integrated electronic might be slightly
problematic but, really, if you gave the average person a gear wheel or
a piece of electronic whizzery and asked them to make you a couple of
hundred of each themself would their reaction be any different? Both
require people with specialist skills and equipment. By far the hardest
part of the electronics to reproduce is the code. Everything else is
rattled off production lines in factories by the bucketfull.
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