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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
05-15-2019, 01:05 PM
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WAIT! I believe there are third party warranties available that claim to cover drops and spills. I have no experience with them.
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Forum: Pentax K-1 & K-1 II
05-15-2019, 12:46 PM
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As victormeldrew said. "The warranty is very clear in that water ingress (howsoever caused) is not covered by the warranty."
I pushed my K-3 passed it's WR limits in the rain forests of Costa Rica. I spent 2 hours wandering around a hanging bridges park in a steady rain. 18-135mm lens. Camera kept inside my jacket when not shooting. Everything seemed fine until one week later when a very fine vertical line showed up on the rear screen. Camera still worked until two days after I got home. Then it wouldn't turn on. Drove it up to Advance Camera in Portland. When they opened it up they found corrosion. Told me it wasn't worth sending it in for warranty work. They had been turned down often enough because of water damage they no longer bothered. They said they could try to fix it but it wouldn't be cheap and they couldn't guaranty the problem would not return. I wrote it off as an expensive lessoned learned. WR is not water proof. I have no plans in pushing my K-1 any where near the limits I pushed my K-3. Lens still works great though. :)
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