The weather-sealing generally comes as part of a package of robustness which mean you can treat the camera quite roughly without having to worry about it. It's rather like having a watch that's pressure-tested to 300 metres. None of us has a bath that deep, but the watch can take a helluva beating under normal circumstances, so it becomes one less thing to worry about when you're doing rough, tough manly things. You want the thing to be tougher than the toughest treatment you're likely to give it (at 300 metres the smallest extra pressure would probably destroy the watch, so you wouldn't take it that deep).
I've had at least one sealed camera since my first LX, in a year when I travelled with it in 14 different countries, in places ranging from the Ethiopian highlands in the dry season, to Moscow in a -20 winter - it was so cold that the soles of my boots cracked and split. This year I took the Olympus E-3 rather than the Leica on my bike tour because I knew it could take the rough treatment, and possible downpours, whereas the Leica can't even take a small drop of beer being spilt on it. B On 14 Aug 2013, at 05:08, <[email protected]> wrote: > I consider myself somewhat of an 'adventure' photographer and I too can say > weathersealing has never made any difference in my photography - rain, sleet, > snow, blowing sand etc. > > IMO its more of a marketing thing than an actual factor. > > Kenneth Waller > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Godfrey DiGiorgi" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Kirk Tuck likes the K-01 ... > > >> On Aug 13, 2013, at 7:16 AM, Aahz Maruch <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> The one thing the GX7 doesn't have is weather sealing, but given how few >>> m4/3 and 4/3 lenses do, I suppose it's not a huge drawback. >> >> The only cameras I've had that have been weathersealed are the Olympus E-1, >> E-5, and Pentax K10D. It's never made even the slightest difference to my >> photography, but then, I'm not an adventure photographer... ;-) >> >> G > > > -- > 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.
