TwoTone777

My Canon 5D Mark III survived a direct splash in the splash zone during the Shamu show and many other splashes throughout that visit... Salt water splashes, no less. The 16-35mm on it and the camera are just fine. It's been two years now and been to Canon for repairs of other things and the water damage has yet to emerge. While I've shot my X-T2 in the rain, I wouldn't pour water on it while shooting it. Why? Because it wouldn't prove anything and it certainly wouldn't make me any money. I use my gear, but I don't abuse it.

What would putting a camera through a rock tumbler prove? Who wants a camera that can survive a rock tumbler but can't easily make decent photos? But you see, the X-T2 HAS been tested in conditions that while extreme are still conditions that a normal photographer would encounter. Conditions such as in the freezing cold of Iceland, Conditions such as rain showers in Florida. I can literally take my X-T2 with weather resistant lens and pour water on top of it during a shoot and it won't even skip a beat. RC Concepcion did a similar demonstration in a GRID video for Kelby Media. My old Canon 7D survived when I was taking photos in Afghanistan from inside the artillery pit as the soldiers executed a fire mission. It took the concussion of the blast from the big gun and the splash of gravel and debris like a champ... That was the only time I have ever used a clear filter on my lens, and only because it was my beloved 24mm f/1.4 II... Had it been any other lens I wouldn't have cared..... THAT'S a test. What would submerging the camera in 6' of water prove? It'll prove you're too cheap to buy an underwater camera or housing for your gear, but it certainly won't prove that it's a bad camera because no DSLR or Mirrorless ILC camera is designed to do that (yet). I would say that the little X-T2 is built like a tank when compared to other cameras in its class.

"Built like a tank" is a figure of speech that uses word-smithing to convey that an item is of solid construction and under normal use (even in extreme conditions) would not become damaged or destroyed. Not very much unlike my grandad's Buick, or my mom's favorite frying pan, and my Mamiya RB67... And I hate to break it to you, but even a tank will break if you drop it even from a relatively short height.

As I was prepping my X-T1 to be sold I noticed that the paint had rubbed off of the top of the viewfinder. I also don't baby my gear. I use it, but don't abuse it. It didn't bother me when I saw it either, I thought it made it look 'well loved.' But I can't remember a time where I put undue stress on that part of the body. I honestly think that the paint rubbed off from being transported in the camera bag. It was not a snug fit by any stretch of the imagination, but the camera didn't sit on its bottom while being transported, it typically rested on its back so the top of it would be in contact with one of the padded walls of the bag. I thought about taking a black sharpie to the points where it rubbed off, but I decided against it. The camera sold very quickly even though it had those blemishes and also had the issue where the grippy part of the camera where the heel of your right thumb rests was peeling off.