I'm into off road 4x4 motorsport, as a competitor and I also photograph the events when I'm not driving. As you can imagine dust, rain and mud is our pleasure!
And I'm certainly not precious with my camera's either, I'll stand in a river when a Landrover is heading my way and I know I'm in for a soaking, I do hide the K10 under my coat when the soaking arrives, but I've wiped plenty of mud off it in the past 18 months.
I have been known to slide the strap around the passenger seat back and rest the camera on the seat while I'm driving, and my 4x4 has no windows and very little protection.
Of all the people I see taking pictures at the events, pro's included, I seem to be the only one who's out there in the muck and bullets!
So a beach holds few terrors to a Pentax user.
