I've used my FA 600 in some pretty rotten weather for long periods of time
in some cases - snow, sleet, rain, below freezing and all I've ever done was
to protect it by draping a travel towel (not a terry cloth but a highly
absorbtive material sold for hikers/campers) over it and covering the front
end with a ball cap. It never missed a beat in all the years I've had it.
With care, weather sealing has not been an issue for any of my lenses over
the 40+ years I've shot Pentax. Wouldn't stop me from buying a lens with it
but I wouldn't pay much extra for it if I had to. I try to treat all my geat
as the delicate instruments they are.
Kenneth Waller
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller
----- Original Message -----
From: "Larry Colen" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: What lens would you like Pentax to make?
I'd like every lens to be weather sealed.
I often find myself needing about a 30-80 f/2.8, but I'd love to have
24-105/2.8
I'd like a 30/1.4 (a fast standard)
I'd also like an 85/1.4.
On Aug 29, 2011, at 12:03 PM, Mark Roberts wrote:
I just realized that it's been literally years (two or more) since I
bought a pentax lens. The fact is, I have pretty much everything I
need - the 50-135 and 60-250 are interesting, but not enough to make
my break out my credit card (the FA*80-200/2.8 works fine for me).
But one thing I *would* buy in a heartbeat would be a weather-sealed
12-24 (or wider) ultrawide.
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Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia
www.robertstech.com
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