On 2005-12-29, at 23:49, Rob Studdert wrote:
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.
Another proof is in two proffesional Pentax cameras - 645NII and 67II
don't have officially enviromental sealings. Both are designed and
used mainly by field photographers where severe weather conditions
happen quite often ;-)
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Best regards
Sylwek
