Erik, Liquid penetration is possible with a non sealed camera like an MZ-3 but in the tropics it's condensation that you need to beware of. Perhaps you spent the night in an air-conditioned hotel room so that when you went out for a day's touring the camera was still cool for a while and became a target for condensation from the surrounding air, especially if the humidity was in the 90% to 100% range at 35ºC plus.
The best system of prevention is to store the camera overnight in a sealed plastic bag with dessicant, and each day upon leaving your cool, dry hotel room leave the camera sealed in its bag until it has reached ambient temperature. Result: no condensation :) Regards, Anthony Farr ----- Original Message ----- From: "Erik Nordin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > (snip) ... due to > some equipment problems... And this is where it might be interesting also > for you... > > First, my MZ-3 stopped working in the rain forest. It was obviously partly > my own fault, since I didn't protect it sufficiently. After one day of > trekking it just died. No response whatsoever, no info on the display > either. It didn't help to change from the battery pack to normal lithium > cells. So, I left the place and went to Kuala Lumpur where the camera woke > up after two days. Now everything is back to normal... > > So, what's to learn from this? Well, keep the camera in a bag to prevent it > from being wet by dripping water. The humidity is difficult to handle, but I > should have protected it from the sweat pouring off my body... > (snip) - 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 .
