No blasting needed, but I've never experienced your problems with the MZ-S
----- Original Message ----- From: "Joseph Tainter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2002 6:00 PM Subject: Vs: MZ-S durability > I am still griping about the MZ-S. I bought two at my lab (not my $$) > and took them to Mali last January. I complained that when you put them > in a back pack, the camera can turn itself on. (Well, actually, the > switch is designed so that unintentional pressure against it can turn > the camera on.) Several PDMLers lambasted me for having them in a > backpack. > > Okay, they've been sitting in a box in my office for a couple of months > without being touched. They are both in Pentax holster-type bags. And > guess what? I looked at both of them today, and found one of them turned > on. Some pressure through the soft case had turned the on/off switch to > on. > > I know there are a lot of MZ-S defenders on the list. But a camera that > unpredictably turns itself on strikes me as having a pretty fundamental > flaw. > > Blast away... > > Joe >
