Serge

In 2009 I ran the SF Bay to Breakers and wanted to take a photo in Ocean Beach. I accidentally dropped my Canon point and shoot camera into the sand. When trying to turn it on again, the lenses wouldn't pop out. Camera ruined, I couldn't repair it. Fast forward to 2015 when I traveled to Iceland on a Winter photo trip. Beautiful and extremely wet country. I took several pictures of that waterfall and somehow the spray got into my very well built Ricoh GR camera, damaging the sensor with a spot that just didn't want to go away no matter how much cleaning I attempted. Another camera ruined. So I decided to splurge on a Fuji XPro2 and XF 16mm F1.4 WR lenses. Last year I traveled to Nuqui, on Colombian Pacific coast, one of the wettest places on earth. I spent nearly a week shooting around anything from crabs to jungle views. Typical conditions were persistent 90%+ humidity, rain, breeze loaded with sea salt, etc. I washed my gear every night with clear water - no damage whatsoever. I must say, however, that the seal between the XPro2 body and the XF 16mm F1.4 WR isn't perfect: the inner lense regularly got fogged up, which was mildly annoying and required some wiping before being able to shoot. This seems to have been related to temperature changes going in and out of the jungle to the beach. As a final word, I must confess I miss my Ricoh GR. The XPro2 with anything but pancake lenses is just too big to carry when climbing in the Andes. A WR Ricoh GR - or equivalent Fuji system - would get my money in a heartbeat.