----- Original Message ----- From: "J. C. O'Connell" Subject: RE: The JCO survey
> 1. you are assumeing that these DSLRs will never need service No, you are assuming that I am assuming that. > 2. can be more reliable means just that. A pair of pliers > has moving parts, when was the last time you had a pair that > didn't work? This summer, actually. I had a water pump plier that wouldn't hold it's adjustment anymore, and I managed to snap a set of Kleins removing electrical staples from old fir studs. Closer to the topic, I have had (sorry to repeat, but you seem to have missed it the first time) multiple failures of the very parts required to allow full operation of a very small number of lenses on several cameras. > 3. Yes moving parts eventually wear out, but that's no reason > to remove key features of a camera because some part may > wear out someday. Your argument of stripping out key features > just because it involves a moving part is silly, might as > well get rid of the shutter too and shoot everything with > your hand in front of the lens as the shutter too? Repair issues are a perfectly good reason to remove parts that have become redundant. I have seen concept shutters that use an LCD panel instead of moving parts, when they become viable, you can expect mechanical shutters will also become a thing of the past. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
