The 16-45 is not weather-sealed. However, with occasional wiping off, I have used it in wet weather without a problem:
http://photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=867768 These were taken in a steady heavy mist with frequent periods of rain, for 3 hours. I didn't dare change lenses! Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW --- On Mon, 4/13/09, Joseph McAllister <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Joseph McAllister <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Difference between 16-45 and 17-70 > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Date: Monday, April 13, 2009, 12:05 AM > Another thing, it's weather sealed like the 16-45.. > And super coated front element. > > > On Apr 12, 2009, at 18:07 , Nick Wright wrote: > > > Other than the obvious (1 mm wider, 25mm longer and > SDM) what are the > > differences between these two lenses? Any at all? > > > > -- ~Nick David Wright > > http://www.nickdavidwright.com/ > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. > > If it doesn’t excite you, > This thing that you see, > Why in the world, > Would it excite me? > —Jay Maisel > > Joseph McAllister > [email protected] > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
