Maybe you would have preferred a different time, but you're going to thank fate for the K-3. J
Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 27, 2015, at 8:40 PM, Paul <[email protected]> wrote: > > Oops - make that a BG-5 grip..;>) > > > -------- Forwarded Message -------- > Subject: Unplanned enablement > Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2015 22:37:56 -0500 > From: Paul <[email protected]> > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > > Yikes!! I thought the 55-300WR I bought a couple months ago would be > the last purchase for a while. > > How wrong I was. Last weekend I popped the SD card out of the K-5, > copied the files to my desktop and when I tried to put the card back in > the camera it wouldn't latch in place. Tried several different > cards...same result. I wouldn't have felt as bad if the sensor had failed. > > At any rate, Precision Camera wanted $206.50 (labor) plus parts to do > the repair. Thinking I might be spending $300-400 to repair a several > generations old camera I went to Adorama and B&H in search of a > replacement that wouldn't cost an arm and a leg. > > A K-3 with a BG-3 grip for $749 should arrive tomorrow. > > -p > -- > Being old doesn't seem so old now that I'm old. > > -- > Being old doesn't seem so old now that I'm old. > > > > -- > 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.
