How waterproof is a K10/20D?

My K20 has been in a puddle on it's back the water did not reach the lens mount and it is none the worse for wear, would like to add this was a misshape and not an experiment.

Solution... take a shower with it

Not possible to do an IP rating due to the great big hole in front of the camera!

Quick off topic post ... no K-7 tester in your sig anymore?

No. Snifff.... it's gone back now

Trying to blag a K-x though so I can have 2 more weeks of no sleep!

Well it took me a couple of years before I was brave enough to take my K10 in the rain. Eventually I did but kept wiping it dry, I was using the Tamron 28-300 and the kit lens. Now I know the K20 has the same seals but same old story unable to go out in the wet with it yet. Now I always want a camera with me so when my wife and I bought Kayaks I couldn`t take enough brave pills to take either of the DSLR`s so I bought an Optio W80. This wee beastie wont suffer from a dunk and is part of the Pentax family. Will post some pix when I have some.

Cedric

Slightly off topic but still to do with water resistance and for information purposes.... if you are wearing a watch that shows it to be 50m water resistant then please don't believe it is water resistant down to 50 meters!! It might survive the rain like your K10/K20 but won't survive a swim or a hot shower.

You'll need a watch with a 100m rating for that. The water resistance ratings given to watches are very misleading because they relate to an atmospheric pressure test that does not use water.

Those of you who have one with a 200m rating should be okay wearing it next time you SCUBA dive but make sure you leave your DSLR on the boat!!

All gleaned from personal experience...

PS. Looks like cedricd is soon to become a Pentax Master !!

OT:
As a watch collector, I have been through some debate with scientific experts in over.
If you have a watch claiming 50m water resistant and it can't even dive 10 meters, then quality of the watch is very low.

There are standards that I don't have the energy to find links for.
Even my old wristwatches, some of which is from before 1960, with only "water protected" and with no meter claiming, can take a dive, a shower, a dishwash etc.

Niklas

Been done

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zooPXbWJis

My K10 has been through a few storms and withstanded waterfall sprays, but you have to wipe the camera dry asap, mind you, without a weather resistant lense i.e. DA 16-50mm, your front end is comprised. Back to the bucket story though,....come on.......do you really want to duck your poor little camera in a bucket of water......what's that going to achieve. Ha ha

My K10D and *istDL2 have both been out in the snow with no ill effects whatsoever. I was a little more careful with the DL2, keeping it dry where possible, but it did get damp and it didn't care.


Anyone see the Optio WR series advert which used the tag line "go ahead, dunk it!". I wouldn't recomend that with any DSLR, but they are pretty resiliant short of that (even the non WR ones!)

I have a Rolex Submariner, guaranteed waterproof to a depth of 200 metres.

After twenty years it let in water in the shower. Seal perish, and it remains to be seen how long the Pentax seals will last.

G

I`m just getting concerned about all these people admitting to taking their Camera`s into the shower!!!

Regards - Pete.

Wait till you see the photos

Thanks but i`ll pass on that one!!!