On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 04:04:12PM +0100, Ralf R. Radermacher wrote: > My dealer exchanged my first K-5 today because of a stabilizer problem. > Just tested the new one. The rear thumbwheel is erratic. Didn't need > much explanation, though. He has the same thumbwheel trouble with his > private K-7. > > Fortunately he has enough K-5 in stock, so we should be fine for a few > more exchanges. > > All of my Pentax DSLRs (DS, K10D, K-7) have been exchanged at least > once. With all due respect, Pentax, your Q.C. is a mess.
Sounds to me like it's working just as intended. Once the marketplace became driven almost entirely by price, nobody could afford the extra cost of pre-sales testing showing up on the bottom line. It's cheaper to let the end user be the test provider (plus, the cynics would point out, this means that cameras which fail a comprehensive test may still meet the less stringent demands of the average user). Just expect that some percentage of cameras will end up being returned. If you don't like it, blame the cost-is-everything mentality, not the camera suppliers. It's not as if Pentax are any worse than the rest of the industry (consumer electronics as a whole, not just cameras). -- 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.
