based on reports of various failures of Pentax DSLRS, it seems that the focal plane shutter may not be the weak link in the useful life of the body.
----------------- J.C.O'Connell [email protected] ----------------- -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David J Brooks Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2012 6:28 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Mileage on a K5 shutter On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 8:29 AM, David Parsons <[email protected]> wrote: > About 13% of the nominal rated life of the shutter. > > The rated life 100,000 actuations. Like any other rating, it's an > average, and not a countdown to failure. Tell that to my D2H:-) Dave > > On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 7:54 AM, Steven Desjardins <[email protected]> wrote: >> Looking at a used K5 with 13K actuations on the shutter. In good >> shape other wise. How much wear is this, really? >> >> -- >> Steve Desjardins >> >> -- >> 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. > > > > -- > David Parsons Photography > http://www.davidparsonsphoto.com > > Aloha Photographer Photoblog > http://alohaphotog.blogspot.com/ > > -- > 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. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- 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.
