Originally posted by guillermovilas Yes , but what is strange is that i haven`t done things with the K10 that
i didn`t do with my last DSLR from Nikon, a D50 which never had this kind of fragility.
To the feel i can say that the Nikon looked thikker and more solid.
I`ve noticed the same concern with mobile phones.... i`ve never had any scratches on the screen of a Sony Ericcson phone compare to a Nokia or most other makes.
Watches are the same. Basically there are two types of crystals for watches; mineral and sapphire. Mineral crystals will show scratches from day one; sapphire crystals are much more scratch resistant. The reason manufacturers would use mineral crystal over sapphire is cost.
I have no idea what the physical properties of the coverings on the K10D LCD may be, however, it may be one area where they have reduced manufacturing costs and gone with a cheaper and sadly, less scratch resistant covering.
You should tell Pentax that you are dissatisfied with the soft covering on your camera LCD, otherwise they may never change it in future models. They need to know that this is important to photographers like yourself.