7D & 24-105mm w/ filter = Weather-sealed? I don't think so!

[ddt0725]

I just came back from a quick trip down to the lake to hopefully get some shots of fog rolling in before the rain came. In case I didn

[clemmb]

Denise


Remove the camera batteries including the Date/Time battery till you are sure the camera is dry.


Mark

[Fast Glass]

Are you sure that it was the rain or just a random failure? I have taken my 60D with non weather sealed lenses in heavy rain for hours many times and never had a problem.


John.

[andnowimbroke]

Me and my cameras have been through more than a light rain before, but maybe the water landed just right.Did you ever get insurance on it?

[ddt0725]

I am sure it was the rain. As soon as it dried out, all was good. I never had a problem before and I don

[btaylor]

Ewww that doesn

[neuroanatomist]

Sorry to hear that, Denise! I

[clemmb]

In Denise

[ddt0725]

Thanks! After the rain stopped, I took it out shooting and had no problems at all. Maybe it all depends where the rain falls. I did have the camera aimed downward, shooting at ducklings & goslings at my feet . I don

[Dr Croubie]

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[Sheiky]

That's not a great experience Denise. Now I'm gonna be a bit more caring I think [A] Glad it works again though. There's some moisture under the top lcd of my 5D and I'm not sure if I should have it checked out either. Would costs me a week without a camera... and who would want that [:^)]

[Fast Glass]

Is just me or is my 60D better sealed than the 7D or 5D II? And I have not held back from getting it wet.


John.

[neuroanatomist]

Is just me or is my 60D better sealed than the 7D or 5D II?


The level of sealing across the lines is: 1-series > 7D > 5DII > 60D = 50D.

[Andy Stringer]

Sorry to hear of your problem, Denise. I think you were unlucky. I spent last week on a photography course on the west coast of Scotland in some of the stormiest weather I've seen for years and nobody had a problem, even with non-sealed equipment.

This 7D and 24-105mm survived a downpour:
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Shot with my 1D Mark IV and the non-weather sealed EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM @ 300mm, f/9, 1/320s, ISO1250 (tight crop)

[Fast Glass]

Well, I did know that the 60D is "supposed" to less tightly sealed than the 5D II or 7D but with two already having problems it makes me wonder how different they really are, if any. I can

[scalesusa]

If you were pointing it downward while using or moving the multi-controller, you were opening it up for rain to get in. Its really difficult to seal that multicontroller, but as long as your camera is level or pointing upward, rain does not naturally run into it. This has nothing to do with the lens.

[Fast Glass]

I don

[Fast Glass]

I don

[HDNitehawk]

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I don't know if you have a weather sealed body or not but it just takes a little longer for the back to get wet even if you keep it horizontal. Water drains from the top of the camera and onto the multicontroller.


John.
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John


I know how to spam a double post a few seconds apart by double clicking, but how did you manage to do it a day apart.


Rick

[Sheiky]

LOL! When I read the e-mailnotification I thought I had a D&eacute;j&agrave; vu [^o)] I didn't realize that it has been posted twice [:D]

[Fast Glass]

I typed the post on my smart phone in the evening and just put it too charge without turning it off. The phone didn