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Where is the weathersealing, guys?

Started Aug 6, 2016 | Discussions thread
OP A Schamber Senior Member • Posts: 1,068
Re: Plastic fantastics are different

Leandros S wrote:

leggeron wrote:

Thats actually a weird way of thinking. I'd definitely not risk water ingress in a lens and much less in the body... and then waiting a few days to dry? Thats actually a ridiculous proposition.

Honestly, I don't think Pentax will forfeit the opportunity to compete with CaNikon at the bottom end of the lens market for the benefit of rare customers like you. If you want the kind of value you're alluding to, your first stop should be the DA* 55. Its weather sealing is even better than would likely be the case on a $200 plastic fantastic.

As for the OP's original point, you'll notice that Fujifilm's entry level lenses are not weather-sealed, either, except the 35/2 which costs about twice what you were hoping for.

For me it's not about the weather sealing only, but how the marketing guys could use something like that to atract new buyers.

And I do believe that Pentax weather sealing is a great point when you have to compare things with Canon and Nikon with their actual budget offerings.

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