I'm about to buy a new camera this weekend, and i was wondering how many of you always buy the extended warranties? i've had my sony P100 for over 5 years (i think?) and it's starting to not register light properly, but it's much outlived the extended warranty i bought for it.

how many of you have had your camera break within the first year or two?

ever since I got into digital photography, I've gone thru 4 cameras. Not because they broke, but because I wanted to upgrade. They all still work without any problems and the oldest one is now over 6 years old. Generally, I don't buy extended warranties (I'm a firm believer that if you didn't claim on the warranty, you should get your money back  ), maybe I'm just lucky?  I never regretted not getting an extended warranty yet *knock wood*  But I guess it depends on your usage and how careful an owner you are. If you keep dropping things and knocking them about, maybe it'll be good buying one