I don't think its going to be expensive. My camera started to work again after two days on drying and I used it for a month or two before I sent it in. Pentax confirmed residual of water inside, but I was lucky and no circuit boards or mechanics seemed to be damaged. So it ended up in a small service which shouldn't cost me to much. But I am still surprised about the response I got after all the marketing Pentax has done on its weather resistance. I would believe it could be used in normal autumn weather in Norway, but not so.
For those interested: It rained 3-4mm / hour which my K-7 was able to handle for a period of two hours. 3-4mm / hour is perhaps a lot of rain, but still normal where I live. Stig Vidar Hovland ________________________________________ Fra: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [pdml-boun...@pdml.net] på vegne av AlunFoto [alunf...@gmail.com] Sendt: 14. januar 2010 11:33 Til: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Emne: Re: PESO - Snowproofed Sorry to hear, Stig. I should perhaps add that a Canon D-7 succumbed to moisture at the particular landing where I took my photo. Fortunately it came back to life after roughly two days of drying out, but in principle it's a camera with about the same level of weather protection as has the K-7. So maybe I was lucky? At least I was deliberately pushing my luck... Jostein 2010/1/14 SV Hovland <p...@heime.org>: > My K-7 stopped working after two hours in rain and is currently at Pentax for > repair which I have to pay myself. I was told by Pentax that it is not meant > to withstand normal autumn rain in Norway for two hours. The sealing was > meant for withstanding light rain for a short time, I was told. So from now > on I have to treat it like its not weather proofed at all. > > Stig Vidar Hovland > > > ________________________________________ > Fra: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [pdml-boun...@pdml.net] på vegne av Jim King > [jamesk8...@mac.com] > Sendt: 13. januar 2010 19:25 > Til: pdml@pdml.net > Emne: Re: PESO - Snowproofed > >>A great example of K-7/DA* weatherproofing. You ought to send it to >>Pentax as a candidate for an advertisement. > >>Regards, Jim > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
