On 28/04/2013 3:10 PM, Zos Xavius wrote:
Well, yeah, the k-5 survived a tripod fall, but did get a good scuff
on the bottom plate. The ring bent and my 12-24 had its mount broken.
I want to kill the designer that thought putting a quick release
button right next to the ball release button was a good idea. It was
dark. Bad move. Still the camera worked fine after that for 4-5 months
afterwards and took easily 10,000 more pictures. I took the ring off
my k-7 and swapped it to the k-5 when I discovered that the ring was
actually the cause of my softness issues. They went away with a good
straight ring. It looks like the circuitry of the sensor is failing.
You'd think that if I damaged it somehow it would immediately cause me
problems.
Some years ago, a buddy of mine dropped his camera from the third floor
of a parkade. Fortunately, it landed in a planter rather than on the
concrete, and kept working. He figured, excellent, that's why we
photojournalists buy Nikons.
About 6 months later, he bumped the thing very lightly and it quit
working. Apparently, the circuit board had cracked during the initial
fall, and the slight bump was all it took to finish it off.
These things happen.
bill
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