Well...2 great Pentax cameras in a row...i guess it was too perfect to be true...
But at least this time, if (when) you get the good one, you get a performance leader in its category ! Regards, Jaume ----- Mensaje original ---- > De: Boris Liberman <[email protected]> > Para: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > Enviado: mar,16 noviembre, 2010 16:27 > Asunto: Re: It's my Pentax lucky streak again > > Quoting from here: >http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/cameras/pentax_645d___a_first_review.shtml >l > > -- start quote #1 > An annoying mechanical fault > > About a week after the 645D arrived, I began to notice the rear control dial >acting strangely. Whichever way it was turned, it would increase the value >being effected, often in multi-increment leaps. Over time, the problem has >gotten worse, to the point that the rear-dial is now essentially unusable. >Want >to get to ISO 1600 in a hurry, or +5 stops exposure compensation? This is >your >ticket. Otherwise, not too good. Fortunately, the 645D is so >user-configurable, that I have simply put ISO on the front dial in Program >mode, and switch it there, but shoot most of the time in physical aperture >priority using the aperture rings on the older FA lenses. This is a passable >work-around, but obviously the camera is mechanically defective and needs to >be >repaired. Pentax Canada and USA have only just ordered their toolkits for >645D >repairs, so it is unclear how and when this will get done. Service is a very >significant component in the pro-level camera equations. More to come on >this >in future updates to this review. > > At this point, I have not heard of any other users encountering this >particular problem, so unless my inbox is flooded with reports of similar >problems, I will assume it is unique to my camera. These things happen. Make >5,000 of anything, each with thousands of parts, and something is bound to >break. Still, this is very unfortunate. I have to say that the defect caused >me some real cognitive dissonance, given the quality build-feel of the >camera. >Time will tell how reliable the 645D proves to be. > -- end quote #1 > > -- start quote #2 > UPDATE: > > Shortly after this review was published, I received an email from a >photographer in Sweden who has experienced exactly the same dial-failure with >the 645D. One is a fluke, two is a pattern. Perhaps by coincidence, I also >learned from three different sources around the same time that the first >shipment of 645Ds had reached Australia and Canada, but was recalled >literally >from the dealers' hands due to some sort of defect identified by Pentax. It >appears that replacements are anticipated shortly, so this does not appear to >be a systemic issues (a la M8 IR sensitivity) and may just be batch-related, >but who knows. I am glad Pentax is taking QC seriously, and look forward to >more information becoming available on this. > > November 14, 2010. > -- end quote 2 > > On 11/16/2010 5:04 PM, 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. > > > > Ralf > > > > > -- 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.
