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A dumb, but fun and speculative, question about weather dealing with RF 100-400 and extenders.

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drsnoopy Senior Member • Posts: 1,216
Re: A dumb, but fun and speculative, question about weather dealing with RF 100-400 and extenders.

Ember88 wrote:

I think I know the answer to this, but, on an R5, would adding the RF 1.4 or 2x extenders to the RF 100-400 increase weather-sealing slightly?

Obviously, it wouldn’t be weather sealed with the RF 100-400 connection to the extender mount, and it wouldn’t come close to the weather sealing of weather sealed L lenses…but would it have any increased positive effect on protecting the camera body?
I’m assuming if enough of the natural elements (eg moisture, dust, etc.) got into the RF 100-400 it would undoubtedly be a goner. But would the extender also be a goner?M

I think the camera body would be better protected than with the lens alone, but the lens would be just the same, and the extender (expensive) may be at risk.  Perhaps use a rain cover…

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