"Bad Weather" Camera

[semilog]

Good idea but i have an old Nikon FM beater that I always tell myself that if it gets trashed, so what. The problem is it just "keeps on a ticking".

Yeah, like my Ricoh. Beater manual 35mm SLRs are surprisingly hard to kill.

 

[btgc]

My wet-weather friends: Konica Genba Kantoku or Tough Job

A rubber coated, rain-proof, auto-focus, auto-exposure

35mm camera with a 35 W/A lens, some call it an bullet proof HEXAR.

I can just agree. Mine has 28mm lens, nice viewfinder and good release button. Because of construction (lens moves internally, nothing protrudes during use) it's fast, and rather silent, too. I carry it as my WA compact even on sunny days 🙂

 

[Keith]

Someone else's? 😀

 

[tanel]

I'm thinking, if my choice of a camera can't handle the conditions I'm working in, then why spend money on that gear?
For me it was the most sensible reason to buy Leica rangefinder in the first place. Small, simple to use, quiet and built like a tank.

But to be as honest as I can be - I do have a camera for the extra terrible conditions - Canon F1.
But I do give it a second thought before I bring it out. There has been times when the mirror flap has actually gotten me into some strange (and possibly dangerous) situations.

 

[Phantomas]

I just got back from Borneo. Hot, humid like devils armpit, heavy tropical rains.
I brought D700, couple of lenses and a plastic raincover. I used them in all conditions including dragging the camera exposed to all kinds of elements through a 5 day jungle hike, only using the cover once storms were coming on. As expected, the camera handled it like it should, and it was undoubtedly just a fraction what it can handle.
In the hindsight I could have brought most any camera, but I didn't know what to expect (coulda spent weeks in open monsoon) so I decided to rely on D700.

 

[valdas]

Usually I use any of my "cheap" P&S cameras. That would be Konica C35 EF3 (purchase price 1 EUR) or AGFA Optima Sensor 1035 (3 EUR) or Yashica T4 (4.5 EUR)...

 

[hififish]

iv got a nikon aw35 but still have no chance to test in rain yet...

 

[kievman]

Lets See

Canon A-1 Underwater P&S
Olympus 90 SW
Nikon 35 Underwater P&S
-Kievman

 

[Neare]

A Nikonos.

 

[kshapero]

While I prefer film, for rain and more I turn to my E1. It's been soaked, caked with mud and never misses a beat.

E1? Olympus? Are we supposed to know this?
How about Pentax K-5 with Pentax WR lenses, supposed to accept a downpour.

 

[oftheherd]

I tend to take whatever camera I want and just keep it as protected as possible. That is usually under a raincoat or parka, or under an umbrella, or a combination. I have taken my Fujica ST 901, Yashica TL Super and FX103, and may take my Contax 167mt this weekend in expected rain. In hard downpours I would only use them under umbrellas or not at all.

I do have a plastic cover for my Sony WD50 P&S but don't particularly like it when the lens cover gets water on it. Naturally better than the lens getting water on it. If I get out on the ocean, that is likely the camera I will take.

 

[zozio32]

I am normally carrying my Pentax LX in bad conditions, so it is my main camera for trip as I'll not be able to predict the weather.

I am just back from Norway, it was always around my neck, got into heavy wind carrying snow, dip into the snow without any complains.

I just don't know about the lenses. But there is no electronic in them, so should be OK. I wich there was a seal on the mount.