Thematic Outdoors, in bad weather, using your DA WR zooms: 18-55, 18-135, 50-200.

MD Optofonik · 05-11-2013, 01:35 PM

I'm curious, and I hope others are also, to see some photos taken outdoors in bad weather (rain storms, snow storms, sand storms) with Pentax's three WR zoom lenses. Whilst I'm certainly interested in exposure data I also genuinely appreciate outdoor photos taken during inclement weather and hope to get an idea of the quality of the images these lenses are capable of rendering.

Thanks in advance for sharing. I'm looking forward to seeing the results.

I searched but didn't find a thread about this; hope I didn't miss it.

As a bonus feature, if anyone want to post any underwater pix....

Last edited by MD Optofonik; 05-11-2013 at 05:57 PM.

psychdoc · 05-11-2013, 02:51 PM

I have shot soccer pics in the pouring rain, as the kids play in all kinds of weather. I have watched the rain pouring over my K5 with 50-135 lens attached and have not had any problems.

One issue is that when it rains really heavily, there is not much light, which means if you want to shoot pics of moving people and freeze them, you have to shoot at higher ISO than you would like, so the pic quality wont be as great...

There is a forum member heie who used to post pics from afghanistan [armed forces member] in all kinds of weather.

psychdoc · 05-11-2013, 02:53 PM

Edit: I didnt realize that you asked about budget WR zooms. Sorry!

MD Optofonik · 05-11-2013, 05:59 PM

I edited the post accordingly.

Last edited by MD Optofonik; 05-11-2013 at 08:23 PM.

05-11-2013, 01:35 PM	#1
MD Optofonik Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: California Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 962	Outdoors, in bad weather, using your DA WR zooms: 18-55, 18-135, 50-200. I'm curious, and I hope others are also, to see some photos taken outdoors in bad weather (rain storms, snow storms, sand storms) with Pentax's three WR zoom lenses. Whilst I'm certainly interested in exposure data I also genuinely appreciate outdoor photos taken during inclement weather and hope to get an idea of the quality of the images these lenses are capable of rendering. Thanks in advance for sharing. I'm looking forward to seeing the results. I searched but didn't find a thread about this; hope I didn't miss it. As a bonus feature, if anyone want to post any underwater pix.... Last edited by MD Optofonik; 05-11-2013 at 05:57 PM.

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05-11-2013, 02:51 PM	#2
psychdoc Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Bham Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 949	I have shot soccer pics in the pouring rain, as the kids play in all kinds of weather. I have watched the rain pouring over my K5 with 50-135 lens attached and have not had any problems. One issue is that when it rains really heavily, there is not much light, which means if you want to shoot pics of moving people and freeze them, you have to shoot at higher ISO than you would like, so the pic quality wont be as great... There is a forum member heie who used to post pics from afghanistan [armed forces member] in all kinds of weather.

05-11-2013, 02:53 PM	#3
psychdoc Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Bham Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 949	Edit: I didnt realize that you asked about budget WR zooms. Sorry!

05-11-2013, 05:59 PM	#4
MD Optofonik Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: California Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 962 Original Poster	I edited the post accordingly. Last edited by MD Optofonik; 05-11-2013 at 08:23 PM.