Pentax K20D survives explosion accident

Alizarine · 08-28-2012, 05:56 PM

I'm pretty sure you've all seen this...

You Tube

But I guess you haven't heard of this yet.

Post coming from a local Pentax Facebook group we have here in Manila.

by the way if this post is in the wrong area of the forums please move it to the right one

thank you all for viewing!
She gave me permission to post it over here so, there

GabrielFFontes · 08-28-2012, 06:12 PM

Wow, amazing

JohnBee · 08-28-2012, 09:13 PM

I can't see the second video

Alizarine · 08-28-2012, 09:22 PM

no videos, unfortunately, just photos. but the damage can be seen (not that much), either the K20D is that tough, or the phone bursting into flames wasn't that strong.

JohnBee · 08-28-2012, 09:25 PM

Originally posted by Alizarine

no videos, unfortunately, just photos. but the damage can be seen (not that much), either the K20D is that tough, or the phone bursting into flames wasn't that strong.

No photos either

Alizarine · 08-28-2012, 09:30 PM

Originally posted by JohnBee

No photos either

hmm, that's weird, the photos are linked to photobucket and postimage.org... unless those sites are blocked from your location.. here I'll post the hyperlinks:

http://s17.postimage.org/ythibjbe7/Untitled.png
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y58/jadmontenegro/pentaxscar.jpg

JohnBee · 08-28-2012, 09:51 PM

Originally posted by Alizarine

hmm, that's weird, the photos are linked to photobucket and postimage.org... unless those sites are blocked from your location.. here I'll post the hyperlinks:

http://s17.postimage.org/ythibjbe7/Untitled.png
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y58/jadmontenegro/pentaxscar.jpg

Yep those worked - thx
I quoted your original post but didn't find the url data in there also. And though I can't say for sure, it looks as though the forum isn't publishing the link information.

K20D were so damned good btw. We worked with several of them for nearly two years and they were real workhorses. Two of our main units went through nearly 250 000 shutters without as much as a peep or problem. My wife and I donated them to family members who(to my knowledge) are still using them today. Our K-5's on the other hand... not so tough unfortunately.

Alizarine · 08-28-2012, 11:00 PM

Originally posted by JohnBee

K20D were so damned good btw. We worked with several of them for nearly two years and they were real workhorses. Two of our main units went through nearly 250 000 shutters without as much as a peep or problem. My wife and I donated them to family members who(to my knowledge) are still using them today. Our K-5's on the other hand... not so tough unfortunately

Hmm I'd like to hear about that. I was kind of having this impression that while the seals are probably just as good over the years, the "robustness" of the bodies had diminished due to poorer QC after Pentax moved their production facilities from Japan... or after Hoya bought Pentax.

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08-28-2012, 06:12 PM	#2
GabrielFFontes Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Posts: 647	Wow, amazing

08-28-2012, 09:13 PM	#3
JohnBee Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Newrfoundland Photos: Albums Posts: 4,667	I can't see the second video

08-28-2012, 09:22 PM	#4
Alizarine Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Manila Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 2,185 Original Poster	no videos, unfortunately, just photos. but the damage can be seen (not that much), either the K20D is that tough, or the phone bursting into flames wasn't that strong.

08-28-2012, 09:25 PM	#5
JohnBee Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Newrfoundland Photos: Albums Posts: 4,667	Originally posted by Alizarine no videos, unfortunately, just photos. but the damage can be seen (not that much), either the K20D is that tough, or the phone bursting into flames wasn't that strong. No photos either

08-28-2012, 09:30 PM	#6
Alizarine Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Manila Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 2,185 Original Poster	Originally posted by JohnBee No photos either hmm, that's weird, the photos are linked to photobucket and postimage.org... unless those sites are blocked from your location.. here I'll post the hyperlinks: http://s17.postimage.org/ythibjbe7/Untitled.png http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y58/jadmontenegro/pentaxscar.jpg

08-28-2012, 09:51 PM	#7
JohnBee Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Newrfoundland Photos: Albums Posts: 4,667	Originally posted by Alizarine hmm, that's weird, the photos are linked to photobucket and postimage.org... unless those sites are blocked from your location.. here I'll post the hyperlinks: http://s17.postimage.org/ythibjbe7/Untitled.png http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y58/jadmontenegro/pentaxscar.jpg Yep those worked - thx I quoted your original post but didn't find the url data in there also. And though I can't say for sure, it looks as though the forum isn't publishing the link information. K20D were so damned good btw. We worked with several of them for nearly two years and they were real workhorses. Two of our main units went through nearly 250 000 shutters without as much as a peep or problem. My wife and I donated them to family members who(to my knowledge) are still using them today. Our K-5's on the other hand... not so tough unfortunately.

08-28-2012, 11:00 PM	#8
Alizarine Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Manila Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 2,185 Original Poster	Originally posted by JohnBee K20D were so damned good btw. We worked with several of them for nearly two years and they were real workhorses. Two of our main units went through nearly 250 000 shutters without as much as a peep or problem. My wife and I donated them to family members who(to my knowledge) are still using them today. Our K-5's on the other hand... not so tough unfortunately Hmm I'd like to hear about that. I was kind of having this impression that while the seals are probably just as good over the years, the "robustness" of the bodies had diminished due to poorer QC after Pentax moved their production facilities from Japan... or after Hoya bought Pentax.