Originally posted by equinox Cannot blame Mr. RiceHigh for everything. Annoying as he can be, he is on occasion correct in his views.
By the law of averages to make so many comments and be wrong all the time would be almost impossible
Still, its fun to challenge him now and again.
Quote: Anyone that accepts a crack in their camera that is weather sealed is very foolish. Pay all that money to have Pentax deliver a product with a production stress crack? The Pentax fanboyism is alive and well even in this forum.
Be careful about throwing the fanboy label around too much, its really annoying. Its exactly the same as calling someone who reports a problem a whiner.
The jury is out as to whether these cracks compromise the seals (which are rubber gaskets around the seams so its more than possible they do not in most cases). If they do, then I would say its a big problem. If they dont, then its still a warranty repair IMO, assuming you can be bothered, but its a minor issue.
If I was missing a whole chip I would be more worried. A crack that I need a 10X loupe to see I would monitor and if it got no worse I would stop worrying.
Quote: I would be addressing this with Pentax as being a fault they should fix. Over time if the crack gets longer it may weaken a persons ability to resell said product if they wanted to. To each there own I guess....
Best to get it fixed just before you sell it then in case it comes back! Personally, I look after my gear but I use it in a lot of difficult situations and it gets knocked and scratched. I dont think this is terribly significant compared to a lot of usage scars I generally see on second hand gear.
At its current retail price the K10D is so cheap its almost disposable and this destroys the second hand market anyway. When the new "pro" model comes out I will keep both mine as backups and buy the new body for paid work only. I'll probably keep the K10's until they fall apart, so if I get a crack I will most likely just get a tube of epoxy out and plug it.