Originally posted by gaweidert I admire your courage. My first new car (1974 AMC Hornet hatchback.) cost less that that.
As much as I have faith in the additional protection of Pentax weather sealing, I don't go out of my way to test it either... If I knew in advance that my style of photography was going to put me in those situations often, I think I would swing for one of those 3rd Party Accidental Damage and protection warranty's, heh heh.
Gaweidert - My older brother had a Hornet! Bright orange with B&W checkerboard bucket seats... 6Cyl, 3 on the tree. I can still remember the smell of his burning clutch as we tried to haul my eldest brothers boat out of the water on the trailer (we finally had to help it by pushing). LOL! Yes, cars were either cheaper back then or camera's have gotten expensive.
Eric