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Weather-sealed gear and lens front element

Started Dec 15, 2019 | Discussions thread
OP Henry Richardson Forum Pro • Posts: 21,959
Re: Weather-sealed gear and lens front element
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brianric wrote:

I shoot quite a few outdoor charity events each year and they are a rain or shine type of events. I only have two lenses that are not weather-sealed, and they are not in use in rainy weather. I carry a small hand towel in my right pocket rain jacket. The only time I'll use a filter on the lens if it is heavy wind-whipped rain. I just dab with the towel the front element of the lens. I keep the lens pointed down when not shooting. I also shoot with one camera only, as I usually shoot with two in dry weather, as I'm too busy trying to keep the front element dry. I also let the client know they will get pictures but I can't guarantee the quality of the pictures.

Yeah, I shoot in the rain too from time to time. Many times over the decades. And I have found that having weather-sealed gear is not all that much help most of the time because in order to try to keep the lens free of water drops I usually end up having to keep the whole camera pretty much free of water drops. See the post just above of the guy using his Fuji X-T3 for street photography in the rain. He is happy it is weather-sealed, but then complains the biggest problem is trying to keep the water off the front of the lens. I have done it for many years so I manage to handle it better than him, even though my gear isn't weather-sealed.

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