Originally posted by Uncle Vova That's enough, I think. :-) Must I give Pentax my money for the fourth time to test my fate once more after 3 failures? :-) I think - no!
That is an astonishing string of bad luck. Not sure I would have kept going with Pentax. I've had to get a k-5 repaired (mirror issue), a DFA 100mm macro (aperture sticking), and an 18-135 (quit focusing) so I guess I have had a few issues as well but after repair the gear has worked fine so I have been satisfied.
Perhaps you have the same issue as my wife does with electronics. Computer, tablet, cell phone whatever, after a short time they begin to act erratically. I know it is her because we always buy the same at the same time. Same cell phone, same tablet and so on. But mine always works fine and her's develops "issues".