I never buy dslrs at launch now.
People first in get to pay top dollar and then have to sort out the bugs.
Nikon and Canon have issued recalls this year.
Both my 5D are under recall for mirror replacement due to potential glue failure to be sent in at time of my choosing. Canon pays to ship my 5D Classics to them and back to me. All I have to do is schedule it and wait a week round trip to Canon's own California or NJ facilities. Neither brand has outsourced USA repairs like Pentax has.
Both my 5D work fine and mirror glue is tight so I wait... Both cameras are late production models so I assume its a not needed. When it is, I'll schedule it/them.
I haven't caught all the 5D Mark II problems. They fixed black dot early on and have issued 3 or 4 firmwares that include more HD functionality. Some people LOVE their 5DII. I can't get my head around 21mp files or it's two smaller raw formats so I'm passing for now. Well and I hate to pay full issue price for a dslr. In a couple more years when its ready to drop off the system and I've upgraded my computer I'll look into the problems they're having then with it and decide to add one or two or pass.
All my Canon lenses are well built as are my Nikons so I'm happy customer believing they'll last for a decade or longer. Nikon comes with 5 years warranty on glass so its good for half a decade new out of the box
Once I had Canon and Nikon cameras inhand I can concentrate on just buying lenses. I'm saving up for another Canon specific optic for next spring, 17mm TiltShift and so far I've not read of one QC problem with it.
I don't get all giddy when Canon or Nikon add a new low end dslr model. They may have problems I am unaware of or with nikon incompatibility issues with lenses. My D700 is good to go with any 1977-2009 lens so thats cool. I've got 32 years of potential nikon glass to choose from. Fun fun fun.
Originally posted by Big G .. and that was the response I was expecting.
I agree that Pentax absolutely need to do more about their public relations, but it seems whenever there is a QC issue with Pentax, the brand is dragged through the gutter repeatedly (especially by Ricehigh), but even when their are issues with Canon and Nikon there is always a positive spin put on it. Their latest "nearly as expensive as a 5D Mk2" camera has focus issues and continuous shooting problems; yet somehow they get excused for it.
I've never understood that.