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OMG... how could you
I don't even swim with my waterproof watch.

I like to use my gear to it's full potential.

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I take pictures so quickly, my highschool was "Continuous High".

I don't really care if its weather sealed because I want my gear to last long. I'll only take the risk if its necessary.

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Canon EOS 500D

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My 500D survived two days of snow. I was out-side taking pictures day and night. (It doesnt snow often over here in the Netherlands).

After that the kitlens was kind of fogged up for a day, but after a while all was good again.

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Canon EOS 7D | Canon EOS 500D | Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6 | Sigma 50mm f/1.4 | Canon 20-35mm f/2.8 L | Canon 28-70 f/2.8 L USM | Canon 70-200 f/2.8 L IS USM |2x Lumopro LP160 | Metz 48 AF-1

Here is a 20D after a thunderstorm and rolling around in the mud shooting a softball game against our rival college newspaper. The 20D (and most other prosumer bodies) is weather-sealed enough to not worry about it under most circumstances.

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5D mk II | 50mm 1.4 | 28mm 1.8
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I suspect I've got a weakness in my 7D's sealing... in the last two times I used it in medium-heavy rain, the rear joystick would sometimes play up and not recognise a right press treating it as a mid press instead. Always fine again when dried out. Everything else was fine including the lenses (70-300 DO and 15-85 used).

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Canon DSLRs: 7D, 5D2, 1D, 600D, 450D full spectrum, 300D IR mod
Lenses: EF 35/2, 50/1.8, 85/1.8, 135/2+SF, 28-80 V, 70-300L, 100-400L, TS-E 24/3.5L, MP-E 65, EF-S 15-85 IS
3rd party: Zeiss 2/50 makro, Samyang 8mm fisheye, Sigma 150 macro, 120-300 f/2.8 OS, Celestron 1325/13
Tinies: Sony HX9V.

I've never had issues with my gear in regards to weather sealing unless it was my fault directly for doing something stupid. Worst survivable fall I have had was this spring when I slipped on ice and fell through the ice. The camera and 100-400 were partially submerged for a few seconds with no damage when all was said and done.

I've also been treed by a moose and had the camera fall and hit the ground from about 2.5 meters high... again... besides a cracked housing all was fine... the camera and lens functioned perfectly well til they fell off a waterfall. That was a 50D and a 100-400.

Next weeks trip will be a good test for both the cameras and also a really good test for my hydrophobia cover. Forecast is for pretty well a week of solid rain/cloud out of the 9 day trip. Add salt water to that and if all my gear survives I will be impressed.

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Canon 7D + 50D + EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM + EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM + EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM
Pelican // Black Rapid // Think Tank // Manfrotto // Garmin

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my way of washing out the sugar from the sprite bottle.

lol.

I'm only kidding. Combo performed pretty well considering only the body is sealed.

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Uh oh, a Winnipeg Winter is coming! That means -50 degrees centigrade temperatures and 5 feet of snow! Hopefully when I purchase the D7000 the weatherproofing will work well!

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-Evan

Gear: 7 Nikon Nikkor AI-S and AF-S lenses, SB-700 flash, Nikon D7000, Nikon FM, variety of accessories

"There are no rules for good photographs, there are only good photographs."
- Ansel Adams

Snow.....problem?








No problem!

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I take pictures so quickly, my highschool was "Continuous High".

took the camera out in the snow recently. very wet but all works well, as expected. Took a while to dry out though! You can see the pics of Paris snow: http://www.cameralabs.com/forum/viewtop ... 937#217937

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First time I did something stupid, was sit on the edge of a seal sanctuary pool, and have the seals during feeding time splash my D80 with 18-70 DX lens attached, I continued to take pictures, and as soon as I had time, asked for a towel to clean of the salt water that had completely splashed the combo.
My second story, I have been sitting on the side of the Zandvoort race circuit when A1-GP was in Holland (last time before it went bankrupt). I was so ignorant to just take out the camera in heavy rain for all day with the D80 and 70-300VR lens attached. I came home dried my camera, and nothing was wrong with it in both cases of water abuse.

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- Wout -
Nikon D80 with 18-70 DX, 70-300 VR, 35 1.8 DX
Manfrotto 055XPROB tripod with 488RC0 midi ballhead
Lowepro CompuRover AW and Nova 200 AW

sigma isnt weather proof is it?

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Cameras: Leica M8, Nikon FE-2, Canon EOS 1D Mark IV, 5D Mark II, 40D
Lenses: Voigtländer Nokton Classic 35mm 1.4, Ultra Wide Heliar 12mm 5.6 ASPH II, Nikkor AI-S 28mm 2.8, Canon 24-70 2.8L, 85mm 1.2L II, 300mm 2.8L IS, TS-E 45mm 2.8, Sigma 105mm 2.8 Macro
Canon 1.4x/2X TC II, Canon 580EX II X2, Gitzo + Manfrotto.
Wishlist: Leica Monochrom, Summilux 50 ASPH, Voigtlander 35mm 1.2 ASPH II

I think I have proven it is

But no, there's no official weatherproofing, but Sigma's EX range is VERY good imho.

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I take pictures so quickly, my highschool was "Continuous High".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation ... 1tTBncIsm8 (Part 1)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWzsXeXCwuc&NR=1 (Part 2)

Nuff' said

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