Don't blame the customer though. It's the camera manufacturer that 'weatherized' the product and then sold it on that basis. While I don't believe every word I read, I also think the customer has a right to at least heightened expectations.
Tom On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 3:19 AM, AlunFoto <[email protected]> wrote: > 2010/1/15 mike wilson <[email protected]>: >> >> ---- Tim Bray <[email protected]> wrote: >>> On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 11:07 AM, Tom C <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> > The claim of "any environment" is the exaggeration. If one goes below >>> > -10C, what about that environment, or what about extremely hot >>> > conditions? >>> >>> Normally, electronic circuits work just fine at arbitrarily cold >>> temperatures (not necessarily when they get too hot), so I'm wondering >>> if there are mechanical issues that could come into play at very cold >>> temperatures. Otherwise, why would they provide a low-temperature >>> threshold? -T >> >> It _used_ to be due to (mainly) battery and/or lubrication issues. >> Since the advent of lithium (in all its flavours) for batteries and >> constructional plastics that have some lubrication qualities, reducing >> the need for grease, these issues have receded somewhat. > > That's the point, isn't it. We used to have cameras that were not > guaranteed to work in even moderately bad weather. Then there was a > lot of raving over images obtained under conditions that were outside > warranty. Now that materials have approved, people go whining about > the folly of taking the same risks. > > The only thing camera improvement seems to spawn is ever more > demanding customers. > > Jostein > > -- > http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ > http://alunfoto.blogspot.com > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > 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 [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
