I've left pentax WR bodies on tripods in the rain for hours. No ill effects. The other day I slid down a hill accidentally. I had dirt all through the front edial. I rotated the e-dial clear (still works fine) and took the camera and rinsed it off in a sink and blasted the e-dial with water while I rotated it.. No problems. A very slight scuff was the worst that happened. Pentax cameras are tough.
On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 9:19 PM, Aahz Maruch <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. -- 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.
