Sorry. How low a price point do you want for the K5? I'm having a similar conflict myself, although I'm debating between the old K5 and newer K30.
On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 1:32 PM, P. J. Alling <[email protected]> wrote: > Damn, well that's the way I feel right now anyway. Weekend before last I > went to Florida for a wedding, (to be in it, not to photograph it), but I > brought along my trusty K20D anyway. Well I tested it out the night before > and everything was functioning fine, and the morning of the big event I take > the prepared bag out of the air conditioned hotel room and head out into the > Florida heat. I get to the wedding and take out the camera to take a few > shots. > > Hum, seems a little blurry and foggy. Ah, the lens is fogged by the > humidity. I clear that off. > > Hum, still a bit blurry, must be some on the viewfinder lens. I remove the > Pentax(tm) 1.2x magnifier and discover that the viewfinder lens has cracked! > > I think it was the change in temperature, I'm pretty sure I didn't bang the > camera anywhere and the rear viewfinder was protected by the Magnifying > eyecup, (M-OE-53), in the last hell 40 plus years of breaking equipment, > I've never seen this happen before. > > After the last year of three hard drive failures and the probable death of > my wide carriage printer it's enough to make me take up painting, even > though I'd suck... > > Now I'm in a quandary, do I send the K20D to Pentax for repair or suffer > through until January when I expect the remaining stocks of K-5 cameras to > begin to hit my price point? I guess I'll have to get it fixed eventually > as I was planning to use it as a backup.... > > -- > Don't lose heart, they might want to cut it out, and they'll want to avoid a > lengthly search. > > > -- > 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. -- 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.
