I could be wrong, but I assume there's a deductible. Chris
Chris Brogden, Manager Don's Photo St. Vital 31 - 845 Dakota St. (Right across the street from St. Vital Centre) Winnipeg, MB R2M 5M3 Ph: (204) 254-9075 Fax: (204) 253-7173 -----Original Message----- From: PDML [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bruce Walker Sent: Monday, April 29, 2013 9:29 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: A failing k-5 sensor? oh no! :( Doesn't this type of insurance just cover theft or accidental loss, like fire? With all the klutzes in the world, I don't see how they could offer insurance so cheap if they pay out for every little fumble that destroys an insured object. Hey, this should be the ultimate answer to the question "to add a UV filter or not?". $30 for an insurance rider is a lot less money than UV filters to guard all ones lenses. On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 7:36 AM, Rick Womer <[email protected]> wrote: > This is why I have a "rider" on our homeowners' insurance covering my cameras and lenses. It costs about $30 a year, and covers everything to replacement value. Similar riders are available on tenants' insurance. > > Rick > > http://photo.net/photos/RickW > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Zos Xavius <[email protected]> > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > Cc: > Sent: Sunday, April 28, 2013 5:18 PM > Subject: Re: A failing k-5 sensor? oh no! :( > > Also I never sent it in to be checked out, because quite honestly I've > been exceptionally poor lately and cannot afford hundreds of dollars > in repair bills. I also have a blown metz flash that needs sent in > right now and thats another 160 I don't have at the moment. It still > worked fine for months until now. I never had any real issues other > than the bent ring that I replaced and that was the only thing that > seemed wrong. The lcd screen is a little scratchy, but heck pentax > sells replacements so they can't fault me for that too much. I was > just curious if anyone was ever in the same boat as me on this list. > If they want $400 to replace the sensor, I'm probably out of luck at > this moment in time. I've seen some other pentax cameras, and I get > the feeling that pentaxians can be a bit hard on their gear. I try to > never drop cameras, but disasters happen as I've sadly learned. > > On Sun, Apr 28, 2013 at 5:10 PM, Zos Xavius <[email protected]> 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. >> >> On Sun, Apr 28, 2013 at 4:52 PM, Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: >>> A bent ring? Do you mean it has a bent lens mount? That could easily be the cause of your problems, and it's unacceptable in any case. If the camera looks beat up, you will probably have to pay for the repairs. If I dropped a camera, and it landed hard enough to cause physical damage, I would want it checked out and repaired whether the warrantee applied or not. No offense, but it sounds like placing the blame on you wouldn't be unreasonable. Good luck with this. I've found CRIS to be reasonable and helpful. Hope for the best, but don't count on it. >>> >>> Paul >>> On Apr 28, 2013, at 4:32 PM, Zos Xavius <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> So 28k clicks in and 9 months later the sensor on my k-5 is now >>>> randomly throwing green bars across my images. I'm going to send it >>>> in under warranty. It has some cosmetic damage. What should I >>>> expect from CRIS? Will they try to place the blame on me because >>>> the bottom plate has some nice scuffs in it and the LCD cover is >>>> nicely scratched up? I had to take the bent k-mount ring from my >>>> k-7 and replace it with the good one from the k-5. So it has a bent >>>> ring on it too. I'd hate to send this in and end up with a $400 >>>> bill because I don't think dropping the camera 4-5 months ago >>>> caused the problem I'm having now after at least another 10k actuations. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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. > > > -- > 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. -- -bmw -- 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.
