Charles, Had a problem with the door on my *istD (My dropping it). Repair was $200+ on the weather sealed door. Hope they have improved design since then. Repair had to take apart a large part of the shell to fix it. I should have just used black duc tape after the super glue failed. Regards, Bob S.
On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 10:19 AM, Charles Robinson <charl...@visi.com> wrote: > In the middle of my week-long trip to China a couple weeks ago, I pulled my > camera out of my pack and noticed that the battery door had been pulled open. > Annoying, but with the way it goes into and out of the Lowepro backpack, > that happens. > > As I went to slide the door back into place, though, I noticed that a chunk > of it was missing. I found it later in my camera bag. Somehow the door had > been stressed while open, and a part of it snapped off. > > Photo here of my half-assed field repair, if you want to see: > > http://charles.robinsontwins.org/photos/2015/IMG_7199.jpg > > It's the "right hand" side of the door that's broken - there are no rubber > seals on that part of it, so I think that the camera MIGHT still be > weatherproof. The gaffer tape that's on it right now is how I made sure > that: > 1. The door stayed in one piece for the rest of the trip > 2. The door stayed SHUT for the rest of the trip > > Ideally I'd replace the door, but I don't know how involved or expen$ive a > process that will be. Has anyone had to deal with this kind of thing before? > How'd it go for you? > > Other than that: I had a great time in China! I was looking for pictures to > share in a PESO kind of way and realized that there's nothing that really > stands out - they're all just snapshots from a whirlwind trip into and out of > Southwestern Yunnan province. If you're into looking at other people's > vacation shots, I'll provide a link to the gallery for your enjoyment, but I > don't think anything really stands out: > > http://charles.robinsontwins.org/photos/2015/china/ > > > -Charles > > -- > Charles Robinson - charl...@visi.com > Minneapolis, MN > http://charles.robinsontwins.org > http://www.facebook.com/charles.robinson > > > -- > 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.
