That's not my experience at all. I have had 2-hour shoots in pouring and blowing rain with nary a hiccup from my K10D.
Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW --- On Mon, 6/7/10, Barry Rice <[email protected]> wrote: > Indeed, while I was on this recent trip, a VERY well aimed, > massive > raindrop at the lead of a major thunderstom cracked into > the back of my > K10. I blew the water out, but didn't dare turn my camera > back on until > that night. It malfunctioned as my wife's camera did (after > she doused > it), so I let it dry for about 30 hours before I turned it > back on. It's > working fine, now, but I warn you all---that multipurpose > "four-way > controller" button on the back of the camera is pretty > susceptible to > water damage!!!!! > > Barry > > > > >If I were in your shoes, I'd probably spend the extra > for the K7 for > >better low ISO quality, autofocus, metering and water > resistance. > > > -- > 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.

