That's specifically why I want a sealed camera/lens: I don't want to deal with covering the camera (managing a camera is already unwieldy enough). I was happy on the Alaska cruise to feel comfortable taking the cameras out into the rain.
On Wed, Aug 14, 2013, John Sessoms wrote: > > http://www.amazon.com/OP-TECH-USA-Rainsleeve-18-Inch/dp/B000PTFDYO > > They also make one for shoe-mount flash on top of the camera. I get mine > from a local independent camera store. > > On 8/14/2013 5:49 PM, [email protected] wrote: > >John, I never let a camera be exposed w/o some protection when in > >inclement weather, a hat or towel or in the case of the 600, sometimes a > >jacket. To not provide some sort of shielding is asking for trouble. > > > >Don't know if that was the case with your PZ-1P or not. > >I had a PZ-1P which saw a phenominal amount of film go thru it - it was > >used both for work & pleasure shooting and it never missed a beat except > >for a rewind motor that had to be replaced. > > > >Kenneth Waller > >http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller > > > >----- Original Message ----- From: "John Francis" <[email protected]> > >Subject: Re: Kirk Tuck likes the K-01 ... > > > > > >>On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 12:08:29AM -0400, [email protected] wrote: > >>>I consider myself somewhat of an 'adventure' photographer and I too > >>>can say weathersealing has never made any difference in my > >>>photography - rain, sleet, snow, blowing sand etc. > >>> > >>>IMO its more of a marketing thing than an actual factor. > >> > >>I've had a camera (a PZ-1p) start behaving very strangely when I was > >>photographing during moderate rain. So I just switched to the MX :-) > > > > > > -- > 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. -- Hugs and backrubs -- I break Rule 6 http://rule6.info/ <*> <*> <*> Help a hearing-impaired person: http://rule6.info/hearing.html -- 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.
