Hey Charles, Hmm. I might have just been unlucky. I was certainly very happy when it returned to normal!
Barry >> 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!!!!! > >That's weird. >The first summer after getting my K10D, the wife and I were camping and >relaxing after a 45-mile day on the bikes. Then we heard raindrops so we >closed up the tent and took a nap. >An hour later, we woke up and I fumbled around for the camera I knew I'd >left above the head of the mattress. No camera. Opened up the tent and >there was the K10D (with 16-50) sitting just outside in the wet grass, >all covered with raindrops. >I giggled, picked it up, blew the water off of the rear screen, and tried >to calm my wife down who didn't think it was very funny. It never >skipped a beat. >I've rinsed it off with a bottle of water a couple of times, too. If >yours is so easily affected by water, I'd say there is something wrong >with it. >-Charles -- 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.
