On 29 Dec 2005 at 16:39, Cotty wrote: > Not a chance. There's much more to it than price. What about the > environmental sealing?
What about environmental sealing? I don't think it's as relevant to the majority of pro shooters as the marketeers make out. I've used my *ist D in rain more than once and it's been fine, unless any camera is purposefully made poorly I expect that they should handle the environments that most people would be comfortable in. We have to make assessments like that all the time, I know how deep I can go in my vehicle when fording a stream however there are always those that will push something beyond it's limits even if a device is ruggedized to handle greater that normal abuse. My *ist D has not stopped working yet and I've not heard of any pros here who's Pentax DSLRs have died through environmental abuse. Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
