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No camera or lens from Nikon, Sony, Canon, Fuji has an ingress protection rating. You know like how some phones are ip65 or ip68. Ip mean "ingress protection". From dust and liquid. If they were truly weather sealed they would have one. But they dont' and no camera company warranties the weather resistance on their cameras or lenses. So I say you should put just as much confidence in the "weather sealing" as the manufacture does. None at all. Because there isn't any really. Only a non tested, non qualitative claim of "weather resistance." or "weather seals" back by nothing, not even the warranty. Sure your camera may keep working depending on how much water gets in and where, but that doesn't' mean they are "fine". You have started internal corrosion. So you camera might last a decade, a week, or 6 months after it's out in rain. It's a dice roll. Not just rain either. If its 10 degrees outside but 70 in your house and your camera was outside for a while and bring it in, condensation can form INSIDE IT. This is the same as watering getting in it. The same can happen in hot humid environments. This is why you hear many tales of "Nikon/Apple/whoever said it was liquid damage but I never got it wet. They are scamming me out of my warranty wahhhh." But the truth is the camera/computer/phone/whatever has been slowly corroding inside due to that light ran/snow/fog/high humidity you had it in and thought it was fine because its' "weather sealed" or "wasn't that much", or you subjected to a large rapid temperature change which caused water to condense inside it . You just didn't' know it. But when they open it they can see it and see the moisture indicators have been tripped. If those get tripped, even if there is no viable corrosion or other water damage, it will be treated as liquid damage and not covered. So if your camera/laptop/phone/whatever gets wet, or is in high humidity, or fogs up from rapid temperature changes, assume you no longer have a warranty. Now I still take my gear out in light rain, fog, light snow, ect but I do so knowing and accepting the risks and because I have insurance that covers all loses except if I damage it on purpose. Common sense risk taking and insurance is the real answer here. Just make sure you understand you are taking a risk every time your camera or other electronic gadget gets wet. No mater how much you paid for it or what anecdotes you heard about how it 'survived" a monsoon for someone else on the internet.
Use tropicalized devices and ditto for lenses …. Try the Olympus from the em5markII and higher and you'll be quiet … snow, rain, dust, we do not care they are waterproof at all!
His camera looks weather sealed!
I carry a cheap 1" natural bristle paintbrush, like horsehair, in my camera bag for cleaning equipment. I use it to brush away snow and dust but not raindrops. It's particularly safe for use on lenses. You can purchase the brush at Home Depot or Lowes. Be careful to avoid the brushes with polyethelyne or polypropylene bristles as they could scratch lenses. The natural bristle also attracts dust like a magnet.
That’s one mistake that a lot of photographers and videographers make is they spread the water instead of tapping it and letting the clothe pick up the water vs spread it INTO the camera 😂🤣 great quickie! 📸👊🏽💯🙏🏽❤️🎥🇨🇦🥊