The LX has a seal between the mount and the body, so Pentax has been there before. Paul On Sep 12, 2006, at 5:15 PM, Cotty wrote:
> On 12/9/06, Douglas Newman, discombobulated, unleashed: > >> I think you will find that the 1-series D-SLRs (and >> the EOS-1V) have gaskets on the lens mount, as well: >> http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canoneos1dsmkii/page5.asp > > Aha. The Pentax K10D seal is around the lens mount-to-body position, > then. Not for sealing lenses to the body. The seal you highlight on > the > 1D is similar. In that case, unless they start building sealed lenses > (with a seal on the mounting flange as well) the lens-to-body will be > the sealing weak point. > >> >> And yet, according to Canon, the camera is not >> weatherproof unless it's got one of the sealed lenses >> mounted on it. > > Correct. It's a rubber (or similar) gasket. Prone to wear and age, but > after 2 years i have noticed no degredation on my 2 L lenses. > > -- > > > Cheers, > Cotty > > > ___/\__ > || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche > ||=====| http://www.cottysnaps.com > _____________________________ > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
