Originally posted by Parallax If water can get in, then water can get out. I suspect that if that little bit of water being splashed on it got in, it will likely evaporate out over time.
This is, however, another example of the trend of manufactures using the end consumer as their QC department.
"Trend"? I don't think so, really. Manufacturers these days don't do 100% checks on all aspects of a product, and they haven't done for a very long time, particularly since Deming's success in the rebuilding of Japanese industry after WW2.
They control processes very tightly and use sampling techniques to validate their set manufacturing tolerances. By definition, that means a small number of defects will inevitably get through (why else would they need warranties?). Unforeseen defects like the famous sensor stains in the early K-5s can strike, of course, but nothing but 100% checking in the field over time and in all possible situations will reveal those types of faults. You wouldn't want to pay for a product that was tested in that way, unless you were NASA or very wealthy.