Even Leica is telling me "2 weeks" for my camera. I wonder if Pentax is farming out to a third party.
Sent from my iPad Jeffery L. Smith New Orleans, Louisiana USA On Jul 21, 2012, at 19:36, Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Jul 21, 2012, at 7:38 PM, Mark C wrote: > >> On 7/20/2012 3:22 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: >>> It's been at C.R.i.S. for over a month now, for the reflex mirror motor >>> repair, a problem that seems rather common on this camera. Part is still >>> back ordered. Not happy. >>> >>> Paul >> Bummer. If Pentax wants to stay competitive, service is crucial. No repair >> on a current model should be overly long. >> >> What are you shooting with while your K5 is laid up? > > I'm using my K7, which normally serves as the backup. It's fine, but I have a > dawn-to-disk three day magazine shoot coming up down in Columbus, Ohio. I > really don't want to go with one camera. I should have registered for the > Pentax pro service, but the application was a pain in the ass, requiring > letters from editors and more. I could have done it, but didn't take the > time. However, like you say, no repair should take six weeks, especially one > for a current camera with a somewhat common malfunction. > > Paul >> >> Mark >> >> -- >> 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. -- 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.
