Originally posted by Adam Whoever told you that didn't know what they were talking about. As long as you don't dunk your camera in water the warranty will cover repairs if the weather sealing fails.
I was travelling and I have to let the camera in Berlin.
There they said that probrably the warranty would not covered, but they would try...
Then, I received an e-mail from them, saying that they can not repair the camera under warranty. The camera was full of water, all internal parts was almost broken...
I'm just waiting that they send me the camera (I'm in Portugal) and an explanation of why warranty is not covering and I'll try to contact Pentax to solve this.
I'm very disappointed whit Pentax, because it's not the first time that I have this kind of problem. I had a W90 that get water inside the body because of a design project problem, and unhappyly as I didn't used to use it underwater the body just get water just a few months after the warranty period end.
I had search for similar problems and I found a considerable number.
The most ironic is in Pentax's facebook page (
here). Pentax had asked to customers for great photos taken in the elements that would be featured in some promotion showcasing the weatherproof qualities of certain PENTAX models and there is this replies:
"Following the advice here - took my k-7 for a spin today in the september weather with the WR lens. Moisture inside it (looks like the camerahouse sealing was faulty).
((( Hopefully it (lens house) will dry out if I leave it in a dry room with some moisture-catchers." (Alexander Norman)
"I could send you some awesome photos, but my WG-1 is not waterproof. It gets moisture inside and the lens fogs up. I have only had it for 2 months and barely got to use it before I encountered some water and discovered that it was not waterproof. Disappointed to say the least." (Tim Barfield)