On Sun, 12 Apr 2009 23:06 -0700, "Pawel Hottowy" <hott...@gmail.com> wrote: > I believe all the DAs have override. And I would be very happy to > realize that my 16-45 is weather sealed, but I certainly doubt so. BTW > the direct comparison of IQ between 16-45 and 17-70 would be great.
Yes, I'm dubious about the 16-45 being weather sealed. I'm not exactly sure what I should be looking for but I can't see any gasket on the mount end on my example. Cheers Brian ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ > > On Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 9:18 PM, Joseph McAllister <pentax...@mac.com> > wrote: > > Well, it has the rubber gasket on the mount end, and on another note, has > > the quick over-ride manual focusing (all SDMs do, I guess). > > > > It may not be weather sealed on the barrels, but it certainly has the > > sealing ring on the mount end. > > > > > > On Apr 12, 2009, at 21:08 , Nick Wright wrote: > > > >> The 17-70 is weather sealed? Can't find anything online that says that. > > > > Joseph McAllister > > pentax...@mac.com > > > > http://gallery.me.com/jomac > > http://web.me.com/jomac/show.me/Blog/Blog.html -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Does exactly what it says on the tin -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
