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Sharana

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  1. Hope you continue enjoying your Fuji Paulo! This forum has been a great resource for me, recently joining. Ask any questions, and you will certainly get help!! Sharana
  2. You are right. I will remain with the Olympus for noe! Thanks very much for ALL your help! I appreciate your time Milandro!!! Sharana
  3. Have fun playing with your camera, and learning more about it. I have had mine a few months, and still learning it. I purchased a couple of books by Tony Phillips on amazon, and listened to the Fugi Guys on Utube and some other utubes. They were all very helpful! Glad you joined. I recently asked a question about the camera being waterproof or resistant. Members were so very, very helpful!! I was surprised at the amount of helpful responses. Sharana
  4. Hi darknj! Thanks, I do have the Olympus Tough, older model. Wish it had more optical zoom, 5x. They are all 5X. However, guess I will stay with it because the high price of the Nikon. Glad that you agree the Olympus Tough series is good. That is encouraging, since I never really compared it with others. Seemed about the best when I bought it 5-6 years ago. Thanks very much for the time and help in your comment! Sharana
  5. Thanks makes sense, I do not plan on diving, so will remain with my Fuji with dry weather and the Olympus for the rain Appreciate your time!! Sharana
  6. Thanks so very, very much for asking. I don't think I will use it in the rain again. I used it once in a medium size rain, and was confident. But now, not so much. Guess I was lucky! THANKS Sharana
  7. Thanks very much Vidalgo, I will investigate Fujifilm, never thought of it or knew they had one!! Thanks very much for your time and help!!! Sharana
  8. Thanks, makes sense, I really did not study them, but they did seem similar. I will check out the Nikon AW1. I appreciate again so much your help !! This is my first time using the forum, you and everyone were so helpful!! I am just now reading the different between MultiQuote and quote. I also wanted to thank others, and not certain I did it correctly. Maybe I will try MutiQuote just to be certain. Sharana
  9. THANKS Milandro, I will compare the olympus with the nikon coolpix aw 130 and the Fuji XP series to see if much difference with image quality for photo taking above water. I hope this helps others also, appreciate your time!!!! Sharana
  10. Since I am not diving, I don't know how much difference it really makes between the Nikon and FujiXP series vs. the olympus I have. I will need to research the image quality. THANKS!!!!!
  11. Thanks so much I will compare, I always thought that these type of cameras were all the same or very similar.. Of course I will not be using it underwater. The specs always seemed the same whatever the brand. But then there is quality, which I did not look closely at. I will look at the Fuji XP series and the Nikon. Great suggestion!! Thanks very much!!!!! Sharana
  12. Sorry, missed some of this earlier. I most certainly appreciate everyone's comments!!!!! I think after reading the very helpful comments, about the certificate, and talking with the fuji staff, I will not be using it in the rain. It does seem unfortunately it could be a marketing ploy. However, the people who tried it under water and in the heavy rain, were very fortunate. I don't think I will try my luck with a $2000.00 camera, as Calumet told me when I bought it. It does state weather resistant, with some water sealed parts. That confused me. I have given it more thought because of everyone's comments. I think I will stick with my $200.00 underwater olympus camera for the rain. This is what I have done before, and the pics are not so bad. That way I will not worry! Thank you everyone for your time, insight, and concern in this matter. I have appreciated everyone's help immensely!!!!! You all are the BEST!!!! Sharana
  13. Here is the video by the Fuji guys, it is mentioned in the beginning about the water resistance and being sealed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PYZ_jJKMBc Sharana
  14. Hi Milandro!!! You are right, I stated in my above answer some confusion on my part when people mention weather sealed and weather resistant in the same article. The Fuji Guy on their video state weather resistant, weather sealed, no issues in the weather. It all sounds a bit confusing, but they are not coming out and committing themselves. I will find the video and send a link! Thank you very much for this amazing demonstration! I don't think too many people would try this extreme experiment, but again it makes a point. I certainly appreciate very much your writing and time Milandro. It was very nice and helpful of you!!! Sharana
  15. Dear Patrick, Well this is certainly a very interesting and convincing video. He was very brave and daring to try the experiment, but made a VERy good point!! There was much rain, so it made it the more convincing! I do hope his expensive camera is still working. Thank you so much for sharing this helpful video. I did look at my sources again. It talks about Fuji being weather and dust sealed, though states above Weather-Resistant body, in the book by Tony Phillips. The sealed and weather resistant confused me.. In the Aug 2015 issue of Outdoor Photograper, an article talks about the Fuji being weather sealed. I listened to the Fugi Guys again they mention weather resistant, not water proof. They go on to say however that there are no issues in weather. What exactly does that mean?? It is unclear to me, sounds contradictory. I did test my Fuji in some rain, though not a down pour, when vacationing in the West. It did get very wet, and is still working. I was very hesitant, but wanted to find out. This video is very convincing! Thanks so much for sharing it and the time in writing Patrick!!!! You were a great help! Sharana
  16. Hi All, I would think this has been asked, but I could not or did not know how to find it. My apologizes for being new here and not knowing the way around yet. I am very anxious to know the answer! I have had the Fugi XT1 with 18-135 lens for a few months. One big question I ave is, is both the camera body and the 18-135 lens water proof? I have heard and read different things from Calumet, books, and people. I even called Fugi with another question, and I was cautioned to be careful with the rain, and basically my understanding was not to consider it waterproof. Also, Calumet told me that they would not risk water damage with such an expensive camera. Maybe people don't want to be considered liable if they would say yes, and rain damages it in some way. I would not be so stupid to throw it in the water, use it in a LA torrential rain storm, or hurricane. But I will be going to California and would love to know the answer here. Also, just around home in Illinois, do I need to be careful? Does a Filer make any difference? My problem before with the NIkon, I had to put it away with the rain. I bought this thinking the camera body and 18-135 lens was water proof. I know not all lens are called water proof. Maybe I have not asked the question clearly, and confused people. Keeping it simple, Is the Fugi XT1 and 18-135 lens water proof, so I don't need to worry about any damage while using them in the rain or by the beach??? Does the amount of rain matter? This would be hard to measure. To me the question is either water proof or not with the camera body and lens, how can there be any grey area? I will not put it under a running facet to test it. Thank you very much for your time and help!!! Sharana
  17. Hi Fugi Lovers! I live in Illinois, and got the Fugi XT 1 a few months ago. I have been doing photography for a couple of years, but not so regularly. I plan to go out more now with my Fugi, which I dearly love. The weight, image quality, amazing EVF, and the dials out on front where I want them makes this a very user-friendly camera. I have already increased for photography, and signing up for classes! I need to gain more self-confidence with it!! I do love the firmware updates. I have listened to tutorials and bought the book. My skills are improving as a photographer and with my love for Fugi XT-1 I have a question about how safe it is in the rain, which I will post. I have the 18-135 and have questions about both the lens and camera itself being waterproof. Different experts have told me different things. I will post!! Thank you all for being part of this wonderful community, and helping each other. The world is a better place because of Fugi, it brings people out of the house, meeting others, and spending more time in nature!! I will have to learn how to post photos!! Happy photography to all And to all a magnificient photo!. Though I am biased, and feel all photos are wonderful, since they are created from the Soul!! THANKS, Sharana
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