Originally posted by davidt At last!!! I've been actually expecting much more posts like these given how actively Pentax community is marveling the WR and running around in rain with their WR'ed stuff. A great example why Nikon and Canon never pushed WR as a selling feature. It's there on Pro-level bodies and lenses, but it's rather unclear to the public. Why? Because the public is a bunch of monkeys - you tell them that their gear is WEATHER-RESISTANT - they take it as WATERPROOF and start bathing with the gear!!!
Reality is such that WEATHER-RESISTANCE is nothing but gear's ability to take an occasional splash or two without frying the internals, but it doesn't imply that you don't have to cover your gear from rain anymore!
Reality is such that water is a very peculiar bit*h which always finds a way in. You guys probably really like how smooth zooming and AF rings are on DA* lenses? Well, with real water-tight seals, these rings wouldn't turn with any reasonable amount of force and even then it wouldn't be 100% water-tight. Can't even imagine what's the water-penetration %ge with the current seals is, but you can be sure - it's leaking all over. Especially on WR'ed lenses with extendable lens barrel(s).
So go on!!! Keep on showing us pics of you with your beautiful Pentax gear under the rain. You'll be more than welcome to join "OMG!!! My WR lenses are full of fungus!!!!" - club in a few years depending on how humid it is where you live.