All the DA* are weather sealed so from small to big.
DA*16-50 F/2.8
DA*50-135 F/2.8
DA*60-250 F/4

Primes
DA*55 F/1.4
DA*200 f/2.8
DA*300 f/4

and they also got the WR version of the kit-lenses so the:
DA 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 WR
DA 50-200mm F4-5.6 WR

Welcome to the forum Jay.
Maybe you should take a look at Pentax AF limited lenses, Pentax finest, maybe they can also temp you.

They are the middle men, manufactures supply to distributor which supply the shops with the products.

I only once ordered from them and that went very well so no complains from me.

You could also sticker it, like this maybe?
Love the little detail on the shutter release ^^

I could see a house to the right but couldn't see what it was on the left side, just bump up my brightness and I'm surprised to see the shed

Hello Smeggy, it would be great to see some photos from that!

Already a bit late but Hello Joe

I mean the info screen when you put the camera on, with the K10D you see it for 3 seconds and then disappear, it's the same screen you get when changing modes.
You see the,
- The flash mode
- shooting mode (single, continues, 2 second delay etc.)
- metering mode (spot, centre weighted and the other one)
- AF mode (single, continues or manual)
- AF selection (so which af point it focus on)
- iso
- program mode
- what the green, AF and the two scroll wheels do.
- and date, time and battery life.
Strangle enough you don't see the white balance so I'm happpy that with John's help that is sorted out for me.

About your problem with the shutter-speed and f-number.
If you look through your viewfinder you do see the shutter speed and the f-number right? Maybe you're simply a bit to hasty?
Putting it away on an automatic mode might help, AV for example?
Or if you use Manual mode when you get it out of the bag, press the green button once, it will take a metering and depending on the mode you have that set it change the shutterspeed and f-number to the metered EV values.

The biggest different is the coating, so a good one would be:
- easier to clean
- less prone to fog up
- less prone to scratches
- less prone to flaring
- and less prone to ghosting
And we are only talking about the coating here, with polarizer the effects of the more expensive ones are better and have less colour cast, this is also true for other types of filters probable.
But you do have really good cheap ones but you just need to know which one to get and that's the problem.

I believe someone here has gone the other way.
His filter broke and that has scratch his front element so he isn't using filters for protection any more.
It's already an old post so it's one of the veteran members.

As for scratching the front element, see this link

Great photos!
Nothing else to say, sorry