Hi,
Since i just ordered a 1DmIII and since this will be my first 1D body.
I'm kinda curious as to what to expect from the weather sealing?
What sort of weather have you used your camera in? (with good or bad experiences?) And if things go bad, will this fall under canon warranty?
I just don't want to end up with a broken body after a few weeks of shooting.
Michael Reichmann of http://www.luminous-landscape.com/ did a brief report on how various camera bodies survived in one of his trips to the artic regions.
http://www.luminous-landscape.com/essays/aa-07-worked.shtml
Paul Mc Cann
I was shooting a sailfish tournament in January of '05 with my !DMkIIN (also have the 1DMkIII now). The boat I was on had a double hookup and we were backing down hard on 7-9 ft. seas. I was constantly having to rinse the 70-200 f/2.8L IS filter with DI water because of the sea spray accumulating on it and the body. At one point a big wave broke over the stern and drenched everyone and everything. I just poured DI water over everything, toweled the filter off and kept shooting. I mean, what's a camera compared to capturing two sailfish doing the tail dance at one time?
My opinion of the weather sealing is that it's pretty good. I've shot the MkIIN in the rain using the hood as a rain shield for the lens. No problems except that the AE PCB died on it a month after I bought it (had not abused it at that point). Canon replaced it free of charge.
I love the MkIII. It's a fantastic body. Can't wait to shoot the next equestrian event and listen to that shutter fire 10 fps!
Nothing big. I shoot small events at barns in central Florida, and do a few shots for advertisements of horses for sale. It's a lot of fun, especially when the barn will let you in the ring with the jumps. My wife is the equestrian, and I needed something to do while she rode.
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6 repliesSince i just ordered a 1DmIII and since this will be my first 1D body.
I'm kinda curious as to what to expect from the weather sealing?
What sort of weather have you used your camera in? (with good or bad experiences?) And if things go bad, will this fall under canon warranty?
I just don't want to end up with a broken body after a few weeks of shooting.
Thanks
Wim.
http://www.luminous-landscape.com/essays/aa-07-worked.shtml
Paul Mc Cann
My opinion of the weather sealing is that it's pretty good. I've shot the MkIIN in the rain using the hood as a rain shield for the lens. No problems except that the AE PCB died on it a month after I bought it (had not abused it at that point). Canon replaced it free of charge.
I love the MkIII. It's a fantastic body. Can't wait to shoot the next equestrian event and listen to that shutter fire 10 fps!
What equestrian involvement do you have?
Peter
Nothing big. I shoot small events at barns in central Florida, and do a few shots for advertisements of horses for sale. It's a lot of fun, especially when the barn will let you in the ring with the jumps. My wife is the equestrian, and I needed something to do while she rode.
We breed, raise, and train horses. As with you it is my wife that is the equestrian. She trains, shows, and judges on and international level.
Peter