Currently on my trip with my month old k3. Yesterday, we traveled the Columbia river gorge. Light rain and drizzle. Camera seemed to do fine, but this morning, the camera mode dial only functioned in video mode no matter what was actually set on that dial. It appears the water got in there.
If that's the case this k3 is not nearly as good in damp conditions as my k5 or k10d. I can't take one photo now as it thinks it's only in video mode.
If the warranty doesn't cover this, I'll think twice about buying Pentax again. It appears to be a faulty seal just because it's specifically at the dial, but this now seems to be common for a camera that markets itself for weather resistance.
-------------------------------------------Problem not Rain Related-----------------------------------------------------------
Turns out the lever for switching from still-mode to video-mode broke unrelated to rain. More likely related to my constantly hiding the camera under my coat to keep it out of the rain.
I was so new to the K-3 that I didn't realize the video mode is changed as it is now. I was used to the video mode being on the mode dial itself. The lever broke right off, so I didn't see that it should have been there.
As it is, the camera was fixed under warranty and even cleaned and calibrated. My returned camera is now even calibrated such that I no longer have to adjust my lenses for front or back focusing. Better yet, the turn around on the camera was 2 days at Precision Camera and 10 days total from the time I shipped it to the time it was returned to me.
Last edited by emalvick; 11-25-2014 at 09:35 AM.
Reason: Update