Originally posted by normhead my advice dealing with Pentax or any camera, is if you can't afford to replace it if it breaks when you need it, don't buy it.
That seems too extreme.
Instead, I'd say, if you can't afford to insure it against breakage (or resulting loss of income), don't buy it.
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Originally posted by aeros What’s the point if it keeps going south, whether you drop it or not?
Do you have any evidence to suggest that there might be a serious problem with the new DC motors?
On this forum, I've only heard of one instance of failure of a DC motor (on a K-mount 18-135 lens).
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Originally posted by aeros I was the first shooter to by the 25mm in the entire western hemisphere.
There's often a risk to buying a newly introduced product,
made before the manufacturers have ironed out the bugs
and learned how to produce it reliably.
"Early adopter tax" sound familiar?