I was in the mall today with my girlfriend and she wanted to shop and just happens that where she wanted to shop there was my favorite wolf camera. I went in and walked around and started chatting it up with the help. Told her I was still shooting film because I couldn't afford a digital at the time, or at least until I paid off my film rig. She asked me what I was shooting with and I told her Minolta. I then asked what they would do if I needed my camera replaced since I bought a two year warranty and they currently aren't selling any Minoltas at my location. She then said that they would give me one that is as cloase to what I had as possible. We then tried to figure out what that would be...
Tha Canon K2 is one step down from what I have,
The Canon T2 is one step up from what I have.
They have some Pentax's bu they are on other ends of my spectrum too much or too little.
They are also slowly getting out of budget and intermediate film cameras and leaning more towards high end film and the broad range of digital.
She then said that if something happened to my camera and they didn't have a Maxxum in stock then the would have to give me store credit. So, basically I would have about $400 store credit to work with and I have been looking at a D50 with 18-70mm lens, which would pay for about half possibly more.
So what I'm asking is...Has anyone else used the warranty from Ritz or Wolf? And how was the experience? They say it covers everything except loss and fire, and there is no fine print. Should I destroy my camera and put my money toward a new digital rig?
Thoughts and opinons welcome positive or negative.
Z