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Wide-angle weather-reistant lenses for Pentax?

Started Mar 1, 2017 | Questions thread
JNR
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Re: Wide-angle weather-reistant lenses for Pentax?

MightyMike wrote:

Sir Autofocus wrote:

I probably won't try to shoot in heavy rain again, but I would like something that I can bring outdoors in mild rain or snow. Any suggestions?

over 10 years with Pentax and I've never owned a WR or (*) lens except for resale, I have no problems shooting in the snow, mild rain/mist is fine to a point... at that point due to water on the lens contacts the lens/camera doesn't exactly function correctly all the time, a quick wiping of the contacts usually gets it back to normal, prolonged exposure may require a longer drying out period. I've never got any amount of water in a lens and aside from the mount surface I've never had any water end up in the camera either. I prefer not to shoot in excessive rain and take care to minimize the water that hits the gear whenever possible.

Not to mention that a good wide rubber band or even sandwich baggie bunched up to seal off the mount area pretty well takes care of the problem at the mount. I do have the kit WR lens for the very occasional situation when I absolutely need to get a shot in the rain. Yeah, optically somewhat marginal, but these situations rarely yield an award-winning image. Not that this is good, but somewhat typical:

At left, circumspect Ira Block apparently wondering why would I bother.

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