[Leica] Waterproofing - was M8 failure in snow

[Jayanand Govindaraj]

It is not enough for the body to be weather sealed, lenses must be, too, at least weather resistant, if not sealed! 

Both the Nikon D500 and the Fuji X-T2 have a good degree of "weather resistance" built in and work fine in a moderate downpour - never tried them during a full fledged monsoon downpour yet, I stay safely at home during those times. Many of the newer Fuji lenses are weather resistant as well.

So, Douglas, if you want the D5 performance in a lighter body, may I suggest the D500, even though, horror of horrors, it is APS-C? I have a D4 as well, which I hardly ever take out except for wildlife safaris nowadays, the D500 is superior in practically every which way.

Cheers
Jayanand

Sent from my iPad

> On 17-Mar-2017, at 04:34, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote:
> 
> Worthwhile thinking about, Frank. The other four adaptors I have are Fotodiox too, and work well. However, the water resistance of the Sony worries me, and, as sport, and especially sports like mountain running, leave you very exposed to rapid and intense weather changes, I'd be reluctant to have its innards fried with the slightest chance of an electrical short.
> 
> That said if my knees let me down, and I can't get back to climbing up (well, really the going down bit kills me) the race routes, I'll probably feel sorry for the unused Nikon lenses and get that adaptor too. My next planned adaptor is for Miranda as I have a couple of nice Miranda lenses from my Sensomat RE, and curiosity, as usual, will get the better of me :-)
> 
> Douglas
> 
>> On 16/03/2017 20:13, Frank Filippone wrote:
>> If you are contemplating a Nikon lens to Sony E series adapter, let me put
>> in my $0.02  ( Roughly 0.02 Euros)
>> 
>> I have the Novoflex adapter.  It works fine.  BUT, it does not offer
>> aperture connection to the body.... ie, you must  MANUALLY open up the lens
>> fully (turning a ring on the adapter), focus, close the lens ( ditto the
>> ring) to working aperture, then shoot.  ( or focus at F11 or whatever your
>> working aperture is).  If that works for you, fine, go for it.
>> 
>> I bought a Fotodiox adapter that is a bit more expensive, but more capable.
>> It has the ability to take the electrical images from the Sony body and
>> convert them to Nikon lens mechanical motions... including the aperture
>> connectivity.
>> If you set the working aperture, the lens opens fully for focusing, then
>> stops down for taking the picture.  This works, as far as I can tell, for
>> all MF  Ai and AIs lenses as well as more modern AF lenses.  If you have a
>> A7r or A7r11 ( which I know you have), and you have Nikon G lenses ( all
>> electronic control) they will also AF those lenses on your Sony body.   (
>> does not work for the generation 1 Sony bodies, the A7 ( mine) or the A7r.
>> 
>> It is an option....
>> 
>> Frank Filippone
>> 
>> Red735i at verizon.net
>> 
>> Yes, Gene, the D4 is a really great camera too, and funnily enough I DIDN'T
>> buy a Nikon adaptor for my A7II despite having some ok full frame Nikon
>> lenses. The reason? I'm thinking of getting one.
>> 
>> I've delayed doing so, due to my knee issues, but I visited the theatre
>> - my ortho-man's one - this morning at 6am and had another couple of
>> injections in my knees. These bring my total to 20. Unlike the 18 previous
>> ones which were rooster juice, these were steroid ones. The effect has been
>> immediate. I can now walk without pain. Let's hope it lasts, as I miss my
>> mountain walking and going up to spectate at my old sport - mountain
>> running. If I do drop some weight and get a bit  fitter again, I'll have a
>> D4 on my shoulder as I used to a fair bit of running shots, and get stuff
>> into athletic mags in the past.
>> 
>> Fingers and knees crossed.
>> 
>> Douglas
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> _______________________________________________
>> Leica Users Group.
>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information
>> 
>> 
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Leica Users Group.
> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information