Yes, I was thinking that would have been a fine idea, as my camera is 20 month old already... I was wondering how much that would have cost me, so I went out to B&H to check... that item is discontinued!
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/753276-REG/Pentax_80227_Two_Year_Extended_Warranty_for.html Hmmmm.... :) -c On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 10:21 AM, David J Brooks <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, Jun 16, 2013 at 8:32 PM, Christine Nielsen <[email protected]> wrote: >> Thanks for the sympathy... Funny how you never need that back up until you >> really really need it. > > After the problems i had with my D2H, i always take a back up and the > extended warranties. I have under 3K on my K-5 so i'm about to start > worring now. Only problem i have had on occasion, is after taking a > photo the LCD screen only shows it as B&W, after a turn off, then on, > its ok. > > Dave > > > I didn't need it 10 minutes, five minutes, one minute before the k-5 > failed. But when it failed, it certainly did so in craptacular > fashion. I had a moment's panicked thought of ripping the k-01 out of > my husband's hands in the middle of the race, but... decided against > that. Later on, I thought I should have commandeered a fellow parent's > Rebel, that was sitting unused.... >> >> ;) >> -c >> >> On Jun 16, 2013, at 12:35 PM, Aahz Maruch <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On Sun, Jun 16, 2013, Christine Nielsen wrote: >>> >>> Not sure if this is a warranty repair or not... Especially since the >>> mirror flop fix of last year... Will check my paperwork when I get >>> home. Wondering if I have reached the point of throwing good money >>> after bad, at least on this camera. >> >> Sorry to hear that, not much fun when something you rely on breaks. >> >>> (For the record, my "back-up camera", the K-01, also made the trip, >>> my husband was shooting video with it at the time. Glad we have that, >>> anyway.) >> >> Ayup, I'm a big believer in backup equipment. (Not always good about >> practicing my beliefs, of course...) >> -- >> Hugs and backrubs -- I break Rule 6 http://rule6.info/ >> <*> <*> <*> >> Help a hearing-impaired person: http://rule6.info/hearing.html >> >> -- >> 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. > > > > -- > 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.

