While there may be less to go wtong on an LF camera. They lack the weather protection of tme contemporary DSLRs. My K3 and K1 have been soaked repeatedly with no apparent ill effects. I wouldnt dare dov hat with my Speed Graphic. Paul
> On Jan 6, 2024, at 7:35 PM, John Francis <jo...@panix.com> wrote: > > On Sat, Jan 06, 2024 at 02:56:36PM +0000, coll...@brendemuehl.net wrote: >> Back in the day >> >> I was less concerned for my LF equipment out in the cold and snow than I am >> for this 35mm-class equipment. > > Well, there's a whole lot less to go wrong on a large format camera than on a > modern setup. > > I'm reasonably confident that pretty much every step I took in camera > ownership > (Brownie 127 -> Hanimex 35mm -> Spotmatic II -> MX/ME -> PZ-1P -> MZ-S -> K5 > -> E-M1X) > came with an improvement in weather sealing. It's easy to find online videos > showing > people pouring water on an M1X, and Olympus tout their weather sealing as a > feature. > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
