Pentax new sealed DSLR looks better and better.....

Against water and other crap.

http://www.pbase.com/gmr2048/20d-dissection&page=all

 

Well, if anybody would know about crap...

 

So how does a link to a 20D dissection show us that?

 

Salt water is bad news.

 

Er'm, immersing your camera in salt water and the leaving it to corrode
is a bad idea. Of course if your are stupid spending more on a camera
designed for stupid people is a good idea, the rest of us will spend the
money on improving the photographs and accept the risk of damage to the
camera.

 

No kidding.

And what's even worse is that Rich actually seems to believe that
environmental seals would prevent this kind of damage. He's completely
wrong since the seals are NOT water proof, they are water resistant.
The seals are designed only to help prevent damage from incidental
rainfall and dusty environments, not for submersion in the ocean.
There are specialized cameras and/or underwater housings available
that will keep the camera safe when submerged.

I couldn't find a K10D manual on the Pentax Imaging site, so I'll use
another well known camera with weather seals as an example. From the
Nikon D200 manual under the Caring for the camera section:

"Keep dry This product is not waterproof, and may mal-function if
immersed in water or exposed to high levels of humidity"

But hey, if Rich wants to drop a Pentax K10D (or any other weather
sealed camera) into the ocean to test his theory, and post the
results, good luck to him.

 

Looks like they found that after the tide went down.

Bill Crocker

 

There is an account of a guy who dropped a 1DsMkII into a pool of
water, it was submerged and yet apparently suffered no internal damage
or leakage. Weather sealing is rated at different levels.
But SOME sealing is better than NO sealing.

 

Looks like the K10D manual that was on the UK site has been pulled, here is
one that I have though. ;-)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/pete_with_pentax/285444496/

 

The standard lenses are not sealed anyway so unless you also buy the new
sealed lenses it will not do much.

 

No way Rich, it is plastic. Will never measure up.

 

Well golly gee Rich, there are rare accounts of cars hitting large
transport trucks head on at 60mph, being totally demolished, and the
car driver walking away with just a few minor scratches from broken
glass.

But that does NOT mean you should slam your car into the grill of a
truck and expect to walk away.

That's not what you suggested in your original post.

Another good point.

 

Maybe it'll float?

 

Well you can't have it both ways, make up your mind.

 

If you have to make do with the best of a group, then pick the one with
the least flaws.
And here is why:
-Nikon D80 no IS no dust cleaning
-Canon Rebel XTi rotten ergonomics
-Sony A100 noisiest images of the group
-Olympus E-400 MIA North America
-Olympus E-3 still no word
-Olympus E-440 (still a rumour)
-Pentax K10D best spec'd, larger, more comfortable to use, build
quality (for plastic)
seems to be at the level of the Nikon. And to the original post
subject line, it is weather sealed.

The only step up at this moment from them is the Nikon D200 which is
likely to undergo some changes soon (Maybe it'll be the D200s?). The
argument can be made that the 20D and 30D are better choices, despite
the lower pixel counts and the 20D is now almost or as cheap as the
Nikon D80 depending on where you buy it.

Would any of the plastic 10s be as robust as the E-1? No. But then
the E-1 cost about $1700 for the body when was introduced.

 

Funny, the D200 has neither dust cleaning, nor built-in IS, yet you claim
it is a step up from the D80. Maybe you need to work a little bit more
on that table.

 

But it is sealed and it is better built. You could also go through the
specs and see how it compares in every dept. to the D80.

 

In that case you should have listed the lack of sealing or the built
quality of the D80.

 

Why? I was only referencing the current crop of plastic 10 megs and
the Nikon is number 1 or maybe 2 out of that group when it comes to
build quality.

 

Why? That's an unreasonable expectation. After all, Rich is making
this up as he goes. I have seen no evidence he has ever handled a
Nikon outside the safe, secure confines of Henry's....

TR