I've used my PZ-1p and *ist D NON-WEATHER SEALED cameras in rain and snow conditions numerous times where after shooting I needed to dry the camera with a towel and never had a problem.
It would be interesting to know just how long one of these weather-sealed bodies would last in a controlled test. I'm inclined to believe, that the "weather resistant" claims are more a sales pitch, than a true feature that can be counted on and pressed to any degree. Jostein's camera could very well fail the next time he uses it in exactly the same conditions as it successfully operated in before. It's like when I purchase a pair of pants. If the product has a claim of "Resists wrinkles", that really means "It wrinkles", because all fabrics RESIST wrinkling. When it says "Wrinkle-free or no ironing" then I find it pretty much to be true. But even then... So I interpret the claim of "weather resistant" to mean "It leaks". Obviously the claim on the Pentax website is exaggerated. It reads: Weather, dust and cold resistant The K-7 is weather, dust and cold resistant (to 14° F or -10° C), making it ideal for use in any environment. I know it has umpty-ump seals and so forth, but all cameras are weather, dust and cold resistant because they're solid objects and 99+% of the body is impervious to water.. Water always follows the course of least resistance and typically that is down and off. Electronics and mechanisms tend to keep working UNTIL they are overcome by the temperature. The claim of "any environment" is the exaggeration. If one goes below -10C, what about that environment, or what about extremely hot conditions? Waterproof and weather resistant are obviously two different things. My 2 cents. Given all that I'd be disappointed in the failure as well, as expectations that were set by the manufacturers claims were not met. Tom On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 3:59 AM, SV Hovland <p...@heime.org> wrote: > I don't think its going to be expensive. My camera started to work again > after two days on drying and I used it for a month or two before I sent it > in. Pentax confirmed residual of water inside, but I was lucky and no circuit > boards or mechanics seemed to be damaged. So it ended up in a small service > which shouldn't cost me to much. But I am still surprised about the response > I got after all the marketing Pentax has done on its weather resistance. I > would believe it could be used in normal autumn weather in Norway, but not so. > > For those interested: It rained 3-4mm / hour which my K-7 was able to handle > for a period of two hours. 3-4mm / hour is perhaps a lot of rain, but still > normal where I live. > > Stig Vidar Hovland > > ________________________________________ > Fra: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [pdml-boun...@pdml.net] på vegne av AlunFoto > [alunf...@gmail.com] > Sendt: 14. januar 2010 11:33 > Til: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Emne: Re: PESO - Snowproofed > > Sorry to hear, Stig. > I should perhaps add that a Canon D-7 succumbed to moisture at the > particular landing where I took my photo. Fortunately it came back to > life after roughly two days of drying out, but in principle it's a > camera with about the same level of weather protection as has the K-7. > So maybe I was lucky? At least I was deliberately pushing my luck... > > Jostein > > 2010/1/14 SV Hovland <p...@heime.org>: >> My K-7 stopped working after two hours in rain and is currently at Pentax >> for repair which I have to pay myself. I was told by Pentax that it is not >> meant to withstand normal autumn rain in Norway for two hours. The sealing >> was meant for withstanding light rain for a short time, I was told. So from >> now on I have to treat it like its not weather proofed at all. >> >> Stig Vidar Hovland >> >> >> ________________________________________ >> Fra: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [pdml-boun...@pdml.net] på vegne av Jim King >> [jamesk8...@mac.com] >> Sendt: 13. januar 2010 19:25 >> Til: pdml@pdml.net >> Emne: Re: PESO - Snowproofed >> >>>A great example of K-7/DA* weatherproofing. You ought to send it to >>>Pentax as a candidate for an advertisement. >> >>>Regards, Jim >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> > > > > -- > http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ > http://alunfoto.blogspot.com > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > 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 > PDML@pdml.net > 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 PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
