Dr.Nikon Loc: Honolulu Hawaii

Wow .. it is a good thing I stumbled onto the article Water Tourture Tests for D850..., google it ..I thought I had bought all the D850 accessories I needed .., seems I left out one important one!

Nikon makes a BS-3 Hot Shoe Cover .....what for ..., well .., just for looks and to seek an added accessory ....NO .. as a hot shoe protection ...oh ..OK ..

But ..., But .., come to find out my D850 has a little secret ... when exposed to rain/ water splash .. the D850 L E A K S .. what ..., NO ... YES !

To solve this .., NIKON makes a BS-3 Hot Shoe Cover ...order 2 .. they are cheap and ...easy to misplace ..

Yep .. they are ..all wet

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Simulated rain testing

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Oooops Da Sony Leaks ...

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Ahhh ..the NIKON BS-3 Hot Shoe Cover

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drklrd Loc: Cincinnati Ohio

I have had my D7200 out in the rain. Still works fine. During shooting sports events under an umbrella it does fine. I know a woman who uses a D5200 and after 3 years it finally had to go in the shop. She used to stand out in the rain without any protection and shoot sports only wiping the lens from water occasionally. It lasted like I said 3 years or 3 football seasons. She graduated to the D7200 last I saw her. So they leak less than the old 35mm cameras ever did.

dennis2146 Loc: Eastern Idaho

Nice post but I am feeling left out as perhaps many others are. What kind of water testing did you do? All we see are photos of water on cameras. Did you spray them with a hose, steady stream or moderate drizzle, leave them out in a rainstorm overnight? While your photos are nice your information, with respect, is sorely lacking.

What cameras, which was better, what leaked, just the bodies or lenses too?

Some time ago I saw a video on YouTube, I believe, that showed a man absolutely flooding a Nikon D3 with water. The camera never failed to work after the deluge. Apparently some cameras are definitely more waterproof than others.

Dennis

pmorin Loc: Huntington Beach, Palm Springs

Well, he did provide a source for the link. And within that link I found the report on the actual testing, here:
https://www.imaging-resource.com/articles/2017-weather-testing-nikon-d850-vs-sony-a7riii-canon-5div-olympus-e-m1II

Rich1939 Loc: Pike County Penna.

I reas the article and the Canon, Olympus and the Nikon (with the shoe cover) passed the test while the Sony had seepage problems.

SharpShooter Loc: NorCal

Doc, for one, you title is pretty misleading!
Neither of the Nikon or Canon top pro models HAS a hot-shoe so that’s not even gonna come into play.
And as far as Canon is concerned, the camera pictured must be one of their entry level models because other than the 7D, NONE of the Canons have hot-shoes to deal with and that doesn’t look like a 7D!
Don’t know anything about that one with all the dials on top but how in the heck could that even be made water resistant??
Because a camera gets professional use does not make it a professional camera!
I’m not saying that little hot-shoe cover isn’t warranted but let’s keep this in perspective!
SS

LFingar Loc: Claverack, NY

SS, are you confusing a pop-up flash with a hot shoe? All Canon DSLR's have hot shoes, even the 1DX series.

rook2c4 Loc: Philadelphia, PA USA

I doubt a DSLR camera without hot shoe even exists.

rehess Loc: South Bend, Indiana, USA

My bottom-tier Pentax has lots of dials on top, and it does just fine in wet weather.

OddJobber Loc: Portland, OR

I'm more concerned that the whole post implied that he did the testing himself while the link provided by pmorin reveals that all he did was copy and post copyrighted photos without even giving credit to the source.

LFingar Loc: Claverack, NY

You are absolutely correct: He should have given proper photo credit. As far as implying that he had done the testing himself, while he could have stated it better, in his first sentence he mentioned that he had stumbled upon the water torture test. I doubt he meant to mislead anyone.

Architect1776 Loc: In my mind

Canon 5D MIV has a hot shoe as does the 1DX MII. Nikon cameras do also. You are being misleading in your comments.

Jerrin1 Loc: Wolverhampton, England

I recently swapped my D500 and EM1 mark II for a Sony A7III. Prior to the swap I fully realised that my A7III would not be a weatherproof as my D55 and EM1.2, so I immediatley purchased a rain cover which covers both my A7III and my Sony 100 - 400mm at the same time. Problem solved. I won't be sweating over it.

Tommy II Loc: Northern Illinois

I just bought a hit shoe cover, for my Nikon D500, from B&H. $3.00. ( with free shipping, because it was an add on to an order)

lamiaceae Loc: San Luis Obispo County, CA

Seeing as I am a hobbyist and no one is paying me to risk destroying one of my cameras, I don't feel any shot I might take is worth putting a camera through a deluge. That is not to say I have not gotten some sprinkling on a camera ever. I can think of three times I've gotten one of my DSLRs slightly wet. That is two of my four DSLR cameras anyway. My Pentax K-100D is converted to full-time Infrared use so I would not even have that camera with me on a cloudy day. My Pentax K-20D is definitely water resistant as you can see o-rings, grommets, and locking "doors" on it, and the advertising stressed its weather or environmental resistance. That was not my main rationale for buying it though. I have had no problems with water, i.e., light rain getting into my main camera, a Pentax K-5, but I don't believe it is as well sealed as the older K-20D because it has gotten dust inside and had to be professionally disassembled and cleaned. The poor thing even had gotten food on it and some of that over time may have worked its way inside. My newest camera is a used Pentax K-3, but I have no idea about its weather proofing as I have not had it long and I have not had it out in the elements yet (dust, sand, mist, rain).

I would not expect my Omega 4x5" View Camera to do well in rain nor my 4x5" wooden folding Field Camera. I do also have several film SLRs and other cameras (film & digital) but I keep them dry. Oh, I used to own a Pentax medium format Pentax 6x7. I believe that was well sealed. I may have gotten a bit of water on that. All in all I think it is best to keep electronics like digital cameras dry and not stored in humid locations.

I also noticed the testers in the study said they did not have a Pentax, Panasonic, or Fuji-Film camera available for testing. Nice they tested a Nikon D850 as it is new. But they should have also tested a Nikon D5 for comparison. I'd wonder, did Nikon F2, F3, or F4 cameras ever leak?