On Apr 3, 2012, at 14:27, Mark Roberts wrote: > > I bought my 16-50 as soon as the lens was introduced and it's worked > without a hitch for years, including several rain-sodden hikes across > Grandfather Mountain. It's my most-used lens. > > I know I'm just one data point but it's the data points that > experience a failure that usually make the loudest noises ;-) >
Only problem I've had is when I dropped my camera bag and the lens took the brunt of impact. My fault. Had to get it serviced. Otherwise, I love having this camera out when I'm walking in the rain. It sits over my shoulders on TOP OF the camera bag, so I'm ready even if I'm in a downpour. Effective and entertaining, especially when someone points to my bag and says "uhm, sir? your camera's getting wet!" "Yes, I know". BUT with that being said: I wouldn't pay $1500 for that. Even the approx $800 price was a bit much to swallow way back when. -Charles -- Charles Robinson - [email protected] Minneapolis, MN http://charles.robinsontwins.org http://www.facebook.com/charles.robinson -- 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.
