Joe, I would be curious to know if you have done this type of backpacking in the past and what equipment you have used that has worked well for you. Are there any features of the MZ-S that you were needing/hoping to use that your previous equipment didn't have?
Thanks, Bruce Dayton Monday, February 04, 2002, 5:52:03 PM, you wrote: JT> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> Were you using a photo backpack, or were they rattling around with your socks and >underwear in a regular hiking backpack? I've never seen that problem with my MZ-S. >> JT> Seriously, this was make-do fieldwork in remote parts of one of the JT> least accessible and poorest countries on earth. A photo backback? Nope, JT> just a regular backpack, into which also sent a 70-300 lens and a water JT> bottle. Conditions for photo equipment are much less than ideal. In JT> fact, I'm considering whether the two new MZ-S's already need a JT> cleaning. I'm rambling, but my point was that I find the MZ-S's JT> interface to have many problems for my fingers and for the way I work. JT> Joe - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .

