I shot for about an hour this week whilst it was raining lightly and the MZ-S survived, i kept wiping it though.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Walkden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "MPozzi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2001 6:16 AM Subject: Re[2]: MZ-S; Built to last > Hi, > > how much film did you shoot? > > --- > > Bob > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Friday, October 05, 2001, 4:24:57 PM, you wrote: > > > I can confirm its ruggedness- > > I took the MZ-S to India for 1 month in August. It > > withstood many extreme conditions remarkably well, > > dealing with extremes in humidity and > > temperature(airconditioning - monsoon period), > > constant lens changes, moisture (mainly from my > > shirt-its HOT there- as it got carried around) and > > various bumps on the crouded streets. > > I mistreated it more than deserved and came out > > without a scratch and more importantly delivered. > > I also did not have any trouble with switches moving > > as I took it in and out of the bag (Lowepro off-trail, > > a sort of camera pouch). > > The things I found less positive were: > > The body got EXTREMELY hot in the sun, being black and > > perhaps, being made of metal. > > Also the AF selector is not very user-friendly (Pentax > > should really provide a back with a joystick > > selector), especially because the 6 sensors cover a > > wide area-I found myself using the central one most of > > the time (as with the Z1). > > > Michele > - > 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 . - 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 .
