DPReview.com is closing April 10th - Find out more

Pentax's WR?? submersion in saltwater

Started Feb 15, 2021 | Discussions thread
Architeuthis Regular Member • Posts: 491
Re: Pentax's WR?? submersion in saltwater

j3ffw wrote:

I appreciate you taking the time to respond. I am a firm believer in searching past threads and manufacture's info prior to posting a redundant question. So yes I am aware that WR relates to the phrase weather Resistance not water proof.

However in the defense of the original question, there are numerous Youtube videos showcasing the Pentax system being rinsed off or dunked into bathtubs. Demonstrating a WR beyond anything I've experience with Canon, Sony, or Nikon cameras.

I don't own a Pentax system nor have a local camera store - it does look like the WR lenses are equipped with a rubber gasket within the mounting ring - neither Canon, Sony, or Nikon provide this element of WR in their systems.

Really what I was hoping with the first post was actual first hand experience from users who are around boats/water and have actual insights using these Pentax bodies in these environments. key phrase there is "actual experience using"

I didn't mean to ask a silly question thinking WR could mean a camera I could jump in the pool with.

Some Olympus cameras and lenses provide weather sealing that is at least as good as the one of Pentax. I also saw Youtube videos where people wash their Olympus cameras with lens under a shower. There are images from Olympus advertismenet that show cameras in heavy rain and partially frozen in ice-blocks...

=> I never would tare to expose my camera to such conditions and firmly believe those people that do so, in the meantime have stopped, because they ran into problems and their gar was ruined...

Wolfgang

 Architeuthis's gear list:Architeuthis's gear list
Olympus E-M1 II Olympus E-M5 II Sony a7R V Canon EF 100mm F2.8L Macro IS USM Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 9-18mm F4.0-5.6 +10 more
Keyboard shortcuts:
FForum PPrevious NNext WNext unread UUpvote SSubscribe RReply QQuote BBookmark MMy threads
Color scheme? Blue / Yellow