I love the weathersealing of my K20D and 50-135mm lens. I am looking forward to buying a 16-50mm in order to gain wide-angle weathersealing, and also looking forward to the upcoming 60-250mm. I might even consider the upcoming 55mm F1.4 to replace my 50mm F1.4 if the price isn't too extravagant.
I've had several times of shooting in the rain in the past few months, the camera's always come through flawlessly. I even used it on an theme park water ride where we got fairly soaked (Splash Mountain at Walt Disney World), leaving it out the whole time to get pretty well drenched, with no issues whatsoever. What's the point of weathersealing if you don't use it?
I've also shot a little bit in the snow and at a beach. Again, the camera just keeps on working.
The weathersealing of the K200D sounds great but they really should have added weathersealing to the updated kit lens, and have it a standard feature of all upcoming lenses.
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Pentax K20D, K100D, 2x K1000, H3; Pentax 10-17mm, 18-55mm, A 28mm F2.8, 31mm F1.8, 50mm F1.4, 50-135mm F2.8, 50-200mm, Tamron 28-75mm F2.8; Sigma 28mm F2.8; Lester A Dine 105mm F2.8 Macro, 3x (!) Vivitar Series 1 70-210mm F2.8-4.0; Zenitar 16mm, M42: Vivitar 55mm F2.8 Macro, Pentax 35mm, 55mm F1.8, 105mm F2.8, 2x 135mm F3.5, Vivitar 200mm F3.5, Carl Zeiss 135mm F3.5, Slik Pro 713 CF II tripod
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