Oh, I agree: weather sealing is certainly not a bad thing. And I have kept my E-1 and 11-22 lens ... All weather sealed ..
I just haven't found it that much of an essential to put it on the 'must have' checklist. Godfrey On Aug 14, 2013, at 12:30 AM, Bob W <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. -- 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.
