Originally posted by K-9 If a camera isn't touted as weather sealed, the model is not.
Hahha, OK, I'll make a note that all I must do is pay attention to what a manufacturer "touts." After all, they're only selling the product, I'm sure their only interest is in properly describing everything for the consumer's benefit. I'm also sure Amazon reviewers never have an agenda and none of them are morons.
Once again, "Weather Sealed" or "Weather Resistant" are
marketing claims, and
semantic terms. There isn't a formal specification, from either manufacturer. The difference between undefined and unregulated claims made by different manufacturers is, for all practical purposes, meaningless. What matters is design, materials, and performance. Look at exploded diagrams and identify O-rings, gaskets, etc.
Both manufacturers make bodies
and lenses which are weather resistant. One manufacturer makes a formal claim of this, one does not. If you accept a thing because it is "touted," or deny it because it not "touted," you will not be doing yourself any favors in buying products, of any sort.
Nikon makes bodies, AND lenses, which are weather resistant. They just aren't
Weather
Resistant.
No, I did not get lucky because my camera didn't die after being used in the rain a hundred times. That's ludicrous. Some people may have gotten UNlucky in having failures, sure. Just like some people got unlucky in getting a K-5 with a messed up sensor.
Pentax makes awesome gear. It's too bad for them that it's not more widely known how awesome it is. But I wish Pentax users didn't have to carry around inferiority complexes because of it, and feel slighted every time someone says something postitive about Nikon.
Seriously, it's not like we're talking about Canon here.