Poll: are you using a separate "bad weather" camera?

[MinorTones]

When it gets tough I usually dont photograph unless it is for work. So I shoot a DSLR that has been to hell and back. It still works great, but looks horrible.

I try to keep the M6 out of the rain. If I need to use an RF for some bad weather shooting it will be my Bessa-R or Yashica Electo 35GT.

I just dont want my summicron to get water on/in it.

-Mitch

 

[Stu W]

I use a Canon Elph aps and on the boat I keep a Pentax aps. They really work very well. Stu

 

[Jeroen]

I'm from a fairly rainy country, yet I'm not scared to use any of my main cameras in bad weather. I have a Nikon F (plain prism), Yashicamat 124G, D70S, a Hexar and a Mju:II. They all work in good or bad weather, and they're in my bag when I don't need them. Never had a problem with any of them - or with my Digisix light meter.

 

[dazedgonebye]

If I had the money, I'd have a Canon 1 series camera for bad weather use. Since I don't, I use whatever I would normally use for the situation, regardless of weather.

 

[tkluck]

When "extreme sports" consists of a buffet rather than a sit-down dinner the discussion becomes academic. I will take a good camera out in the rain and snow. Easy enough to keep it more or less safe.
Never had an urge to get a shot looking back as I reached the bottom af a bunge jump.

 

[Ash]

I'm glad I took all my photo's today before it poured with rain!

 

[photogdave]

When I used to shoot sports for newspapers I would often find myself shooting soccer in a downpour and then heading straight into the arena to shoot hockey. My F801 would literally have icicles on it and I would throw it in the drying cabinet with my negs when I got back to the office.
When I was doing travle work and my F100 would succumb to humidity and extreme temperatures I picked up an FM2 as back up. I started using and enjoying tht camera more and I think that is what led to my interest in rangefinders.
I now use a Pentax Optio 43WR waterproof digicam for all weather snapping and video capture, and my trusty Olympus Stylus Epic for film.

 

[Gabriel M.A.]

A camera to bite the dust? I don't want to sacrifice a camera; I want to use a camera in bad weather conditions. The Canon A-1 works surprisingly well in bad conditions, the Canon 20D worked fine in drizzling weather, both the Leica M2 or M3 (or M6 if I take the batteries out) work just fine in subfreezing weather.

 

[Bromo33333]

I shoot with the same cameras regardless of weather. And I would shoot in almost anything - though I might think twice about using something requiring a tripod. 😛

 

[KEH]

I use my rangefinder-like Pentax istDS2 because my R-D1 doesn't like the cold.

Cheers,
Kirk

 

[peterc]

For drizzle: just about any camera and carry a towel or paper towels.
For rain: just about any camera and a baggie.
For sub-freezing: Mechanical or powered by AA cells.
I used to like HP5 autowinder film for really cold weather since it was almost impossible to break.

Peter

 

[Dougg]

I tend to keep the camera under my jacket except when actively using it, then just wipe it off when tucking it back under. This thread reminds me that my Pentax LX is weather sealed so would be a good choice in rain, snow, spray...

 

[darkkavenger]

in all climatic conditions my Kiev-2A is always by my side, be it -17°C while snowing in winter or 35°C dry in summer, or the oceanic humid climate... 🙂 [my pentacon six as well] 🙂

 

[Rafael]

I don't have a bad weather camera. But maybe I should... 😉