WR, how relevant is it?

[bjorke]

I've shot a lot in torrential rain using XT-1 and XPro2. Might other cameras have survived? I can't say. What I can say is that I just went out and assumed it would all work and.. it did. One less technical thing to worry about so that I could pay attention to what I was *actually* doing -- shooting, not worried about keeping gear dry.

 

've seen both X-Pro2 and XT-2 get fog in the finder in really heavy downpours. That chamber is isolated from the "real" lens-to-sensor chamber. It will dry out.

[Warwick]

Exactly. One less thing to worry about. I can’t see why you wouldn’t want it.

 

 

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[BobJ]

I only just noticed this thread. Be warned, several years ago I had a Minolta Dynax 7D. One day I got it very wet. The lens was ok but the camera was not. it never recovered. Last year I was on a very windy Durness beach with alternating sunshine, rain and hail. I didn't have a problem. Of course it was impossible to change lenses which cost me the loss of a great rainbow picture. I was glad though that my XT-2 had some kind of sealing. Having said that, the term "weather sealed" is too vague to really mean anything. As Monty says, It doesn't  specify any standard that can tell us how effective it is. Electronics do not like moisture and it's difficult to disperse it once it's inside a camera. Even if it doesn't lead to an immediate problem in the long term corrosion can occur.

 

Monty, that is a great picture.

[KateB]

Less than practical solutions are known to exist for this “ problem” ( wait until a gust of wind catches you wearing that while on a cliff, you’ll easily find yourself flying OFF the cliff

 

 

 

And the worse thing about that gear in my opinion is...

 

you'd like like a right prat wearing it!

Edited October 3, 2017 by KateB

[milandro]

yeah one of those things that , with hindsight, should lead the inventor to think: “ what was I thinking there !?"

[Guest Him]

Like many here I have not had problems with non-WR cameras in 40+ years. That said as an IT specialist I am only too aware that electronics is more damp sensitive than mechanical film cameras. The only problem I have had due to water (apart from condensation fogging lenses or viewfinder) was a shorted Sunpak flash gun in the 1970s, I was photographing city centre cycle racing in the evening and there was a torrential downpour. These days if it is that wet I am more inclined to head somewhere warm and dry for my own comfort, I rarely HAVE to be shooting in such conditions.

 

I am more comfortable with WR than without but not having WR would not stop me buying a lens or body I needed.

 

That's much how I am thinking. Although I do wonder if having WR would be more of an asset when taking photos on or near a beach because of sand in particular.