Pentax only claim sealing on the DA* lenses, or those badged as WR.
On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 10:40:01PM -0600, Christine Aguila wrote: > Well, maybe they are sealed & I am wrong. Pentaxians-in-the-know, we > need your help . . . :-) Cheers, Christine > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Bray" <[email protected]> > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 10:34 PM > Subject: Re: They really are waterproof > > > On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 7:15 PM, Christine Aguila > <[email protected]> wrote: >> I like both, Tim. I thought the 40mm & 21mm were not watersealed. What do >> you know that I don't know :-)? Cheers, Christine > > Eek! I'd just assumed that their status at the top of the Pentax-lens > heap would have included weather-proofing. All the blurb says is "The > high-grade aluminum construction of the DA Limited series provides the > utmost durability". > > Hard to believe that these little jewels would be less waterproof than > the big 50-135 with all its moving parts. > > Well anyhow, I can personally testify that the 40mm can take 45 > minutes in the rain on at least one occasion. Sigh -T > > -- > 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. -- 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.
