I specifically bought it to do a gymnastic meet which was rather large. That accounts for about 10,000 actuations by itself. I have a hard time keeping my 2nd daughter away from it, so she has probably put at least 2,000 actuations on it.
-- Best regards, Bruce Thursday, June 3, 2010, 9:46:16 AM, you wrote: RW> 15,000 exposures on your Kx =already=?!? RW> Wow. RW> Rick RW> http://photo.net/photos/RickW RW> --- On Thu, 6/3/10, Bruce Dayton <[email protected]> wrote: >> From: Bruce Dayton <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: Pentax problems >> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> >> Date: Thursday, June 3, 2010, 9:39 AM >> Can't answer as to quality >> control. For my own personal experience: >> *ist D X 2 - both with over 50K exposures, both still >> work. 1 K10D >> about 25K exposures - still works. 1 K20D about 17K >> exposures - still >> works. 1 K-x about 15K exposures - still works. >> >> Seems to be about the opposite experience to yours. >> >> -- >> Best regards, >> Bruce >> >> >> Wednesday, June 2, 2010, 10:42:34 PM, you wrote: >> >> M> My K-100 lasted a couple of years before starting to >> reboot intermittently >> M> and Pentax said it needed the circuit board replaced. >> My K10 lasted a bit >> M> over a year before the shutter apparently starting >> sticking open. Now my K-x >> M> shutter button has started sticking down after it is >> pressed after a couple >> M> of months. Is Pentax quality control getting worse, >> or is it my luck that is >> M> getting worse? >> >> M> Could I expect other brands of DSLR to last any >> longer before repairs are >> M> needed? >> >> M> Thanks >> M> Mike >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> 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. >> RW> -- 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.
