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Time was, you wouldn't see a plastic drive gear in $300 body let alone a $3500 one



 
 
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Old September 10th 16, 05:29 AM posted to rec.photo.digital
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Default Time was, you wouldn't see a plastic drive gear in $300 body let alone a $3500 one

On 2016-09-10 04:03:51 +0000, RichA said:

I remember the Pentax K1000 which was a cheap DSLR at the time ($120)
and it had a gear like that that would strip. A problem OM-1n's and
Nikon FE's didn't have.
Meanwhile...

https://www.dpreview.com/news/914199...-5d-iv?slide=7


My

40+ year old K1000 still works just fine, as does my even older Yashica
Electro35. However, the K1000's faux leather case has fallen apart to
reveal its cardboard heart.

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Savageduck

 




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