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Is Panasonic gear's reliability and durability levels comparable to Canon/Nikon gear?

Started Nov 26, 2017 | Discussions thread
NZ Scott
NZ Scott Veteran Member • Posts: 5,201
Re: Depends on the model, lens
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Olymore wrote:

I found this interesting from lens rental regarding lens mounts breaking.

https://www.lensrentals.com/blog/2013/12/assumptions-expectations-and-plastic-mounts/

Particularly this comment.

"When a plastic mount does break, people tend to freak out a bit because the lens is so obviously broken. From a repair standpoint, though, we love them. It takes 15 minutes to replace a broken plastic mount and the lens is as good as new. Metal mount lenses don’t break like that. Instead internal components and lens elements get shifted and bent. It can take several hours to return one of those to optical alignment."

Yes, I remember reading that article.

It might be easy to fix a lens mount, but that doesn't mean it is cheap.

Here in NZ, such a repair would certainly cost hundreds of dollars.

S

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