I've been a loyal Pentax user of 35 mm and then digital since the late 1970's. While I haven't loved everything about their cameras, especially the DSLRs, I've only had two lenses out of 20+ give me problems and both were fixed quickly and stayed fixed. The only catastrophic issue with digital body was with their first one--the *istD which didn't have a latch on the memory card slot and the camera would shut down if you somehow nudged the door open. Gaffer tape fixed that. I might well have bought a Nikon FM instead of the Pentax MX that I ended up with if the Nikon hadn't turned on its meter with the winding lever. I am left eyed and having that ever stuck in my right eye every time I took a meter reading was a non starter. If I had had the repeated issues with Pentax that you had with Nikon I would have switched.
It is interesting how much we are willing to adapt to tools for the sake of the end result. Over the psst few years I have been shooting film in 1930's and 1950's Contax cameras and Zeiss and Nikkor lenses. The cameras are not an ergonomic triumph but the lenses make it worth the effort.
I've been a loyal Pentax user of 35 mm and then digital since the late 1970's. While I haven't loved everything about their cameras, especially the DSLRs, I've only had two lenses out of 20+ give me problems and both were fixed quickly and stayed fixed. The only catastrophic issue with digital body was with their first one--the *istD which didn't have a latch on the memory card slot and the camera would shut down if you somehow nudged the door open. Gaffer tape fixed that. I might well have bought a Nikon FM instead of the Pentax MX that I ended up with if the Nikon hadn't turned on its meter with the winding lever. I am left eyed and having that ever stuck in my right eye every time I took a meter reading was a non starter. If I had had the repeated issues with Pentax that you had with Nikon I would have switched.
It is interesting how much we are willing to adapt to tools for the sake of the end result. Over the psst few years I have been shooting film in 1930's and 1950's Contax cameras and Zeiss and Nikkor lenses. The cameras are not an ergonomic triumph but the lenses make it worth the effort.