On 10/16/2012 1:55 PM, P. J. Alling wrote:
I figure by the end of December it will be hitting the $600-$700 as
dealers begin to dump stocks in anticipation of the official
discontinuation notification. Between $600 and $650 is my sweet spot
and I won't be able to resist, (plus I managed to pick up both my *ist
D and Ds camera bodies in that range and it makes economic sense to me).
Forgot to mention I the K20D was acquired from B&H in the last days of
it's product sales life for &629.00, so call me cheap, I wear it as a
badge of honor.
On 10/16/2012 1:46 PM, Steven Desjardins wrote:
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....
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avoid a
lengthly search.
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