I was shooting in the rain forest today...

[jdramirez]

...there's no punch line... sounds like a joke, but no.

My point is that it was rally liberating to know that the gear I was shooting with is weather resistant. It rained... It cleared up... It rained again and I couldn't have cared less. I didn't have to rush to put a sleeve over the lens and the body. I didn't have to put my gear into its bag. I didn't have to run and find shelter... which there really wasn't any.

I seriously mulled over the new sigma 50 art... and while I went another direction, having the weather sealing is a joy.

And before y'all start asking for amazing shots from the rain forest... there weren't any. It's all green on green on green...

 

[Orangutan]

And before y'all start asking for amazing shots from the rain forest... there weren't any. It's all green on green on green...

Really? No near-macro shots of a micro-ecosystem on a rotting log? No multi-colored fungi? No critters peeking out from under a leaf?

 

[jdramirez]

And before y'all start asking for amazing shots from the rain forest... there weren't any. It's all green on green on green...

Really? No near-macro shots of a micro-ecosystem on a rotting log? No multi-colored fungi? No critters peeking out from under a leaf?

I had my baby in my left right arm, and my infant daughter in my left arm....

But I left the macro at home... and no critters.

 

[expatinasia]

My point is that it was rally liberating to know that the gear I was shooting with is weather resistant. It rained... It cleared up... It rained again and I couldn't have cared less. I didn't have to rush to put a sleeve over the lens and the body. I didn't have to put my gear into its bag. I didn't have to run and find shelter... which there really wasn't any.

I seriously mulled over the new sigma 50 art... and while I went another direction, having the weather sealing is a joy.

Not sure what you were shooting with, but my rain cover goes on as soon as it starts raining - and I am using a 1D X with (most likely ) one of the newish whites - so hard to get better weather sealing unless you go for a waterproof camera. Water and electrics just do not mix, and my gear is too valuable to me to risk anything.