Originally posted by Ari It's rated for 100,000 actuations. If you're taking just under 1000 shots a week, consider yourself lucky; you have time to pursue either a wonderful hobby or a rewarding profession. I am very jealous!
When I'm out and about with my camera I simply want to take a lot of photos. I just came home from a nine days trip to Austria. During those days I took about 750 photos.
Having that said, I've been practising taking burst shots of moving objects to get that effect with a movement blurred background and a focused object. Which explains a bit of the actuations.
I don't mind to wear and tear my camera gear. That is much better than letting it collecting dust, and I'll learn a thing or two during the process
And since the predecessor to the GX-20, the Pentax K10D,
can survive the vacum and freezing temperatures of space I'm sure the GX-20 will manage with anything I can throw at it. I actually used it in rather heavy rain while I was in Austria. No problem what so ever. I did of course protect it under my rain jacket when I didn't take photos.