Use our Fujis as workhorse tools or keep them pristine?

[c0ldc0ne]

I concur. Professional help.

It could be worse. I heard of a guy taking selfies while staring at walls.

[jlmphotos]

Maybe, but it also adds protection when you accidentally scrape against a wall or rock. If the case is designed well, I see mostly advantages in using it.

 

Again:  babying the equipment.  As long as you don't go banging it into a wall or rock so what?  Hey if it makes  you happy protecting the gear, go for it!  Nothing wrong with that at all - when I was younger, and had an investment in gear I was probably the same.  I've dropped cameras in lakes; spilled an entire can of Pepsi onto a film camera; had a tripod mount break and see the camera come crashing down...  Oh so many things.  But, ALL THESE CAMERAS still worked afterwards. Manufacturers build these thing tougher than they claim.

[johant]

I damaged a Canon 20D by spilling a glass of cola over it ... the top buttons and dial did not like it.

 

Granted, a half case would not have prevented that.

Edited September 28, 2016 by johant

[c0ldc0ne]

Perhaps the resilience against dropping, dousing or submersing a camera don't quite carry over from a relatively simple mechanical film body to an intricate and complex modern digital device?