How WR without a WR Lens ?
I used my K200d in Girona last year when it snowed/rained horrifically, the sigma 18-200 misted up for a day or two but the body stayed dry inside.
I wouldn't risk dropping the combo into a river/stream/pond though!
K110+DA40, K200+DA35, K3 and a bag of lenses, bodies and other bits.
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I emptied the water out of the lens, half a cupful it seemed, and left the lens to dry out. It continued to perform perfectly well.
This is not something I would recommend! Ideally WR lenses should be used and then there is some confidence that we can actually go out and shoot in the rain.
I just wondered how water - resistant a Pentax camera would be without a WR lens attached ?
It isn't
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Algi
Ideally WR lenses should be used and then there is some confidence that we can actually go out and shoot in the rain.
So am I right in thinking that the ONLY WR lenses available at the moment are the two or three WR lenses from Pentax ? Guess I'll have to rely on the plastic bag and rubber bands!
The latter category include 55mm f1.4, 300mm f4, 200mm f2.8, 16-50mm f2.8, 50-135mm f2.8 and 60-250mm f4.
So far as I am aware there are no other makes offering this feature for Pentax cameras.
Roy
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The clue is in the title, "resistant" and not "waterproof".
Very true. However, the lenses are resistant enough to use in the rain without any problems. The promotional video shows a jug of water being poured over camera and lens, which amounts to the same thing.
I found the weak spot (the area around the mount) only got wet when you raise the camera to take a picture, when hanging around the neck I found the lens tended to force the camera into a downward position so rain wasn't hitting the mount area anyway.
I should add this was with an FA28-80 which I wasnt particularly bothered about ruining as long as I got the shots, that was three or four years ago and the lens has shown no signs of being any worse for its "ordeal"
I used the K5 with the same 17-70 attached, on a dog sled, at - 20C in a snow storm, with no ill effects (to the camera at any rate) though I did have to chip the ice off it after that.
The clue is in the title, "resistant" and not "waterproof".
Not really. The term "water resistant" is meaningless without a qualifier.
My diving watch for example is not claimed to be waterproof, but water resistant to 200m.
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Is there some kind of sealing that would prevent water getting into the body through the lens ?
I would risk the loss of a non-WR lens in a rough situation - but not the loss of the camera!
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