Comments on: Nikon D300:An all weather camera.

By: Rakesh Malik

Rakesh Malik — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 22:28:28 +0000

It had better, I have lots of outings planned for this spring, summer, and fall…

By: Paul

Paul — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 22:18:15 +0000

@John: I remember the post and his statement, but that’s OK. He just had to prove to himself that he didn’t buy a non weatherproof camera.

@Rakesh: I’m sure that you’ll have plenty of good times, no matter what the weather, with your D300. It’s quite a rugged and capable camera. As John so aptly quoted: The camera is a tool, not a jewel! They are meant to be used!

By: Off the path â€” Meandering Passage

Off the path â€” Meandering Passage — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 19:14:05 +0000

[...] Lester must be loving today for photography–it’s raining again. His recent post is singing the praises of his Nikon D300s all weather ability. I have a Nikon D300 but I [...]

By: John

John — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 17:27:16 +0000

Nice post Paul

I don’t want to stir the flames of the Nikon vs Canon debate too much here but I too read Reichmann’s article about his Antarctic venture awhile back and how many all of the Canon systems went belly up, as did the lone Leica, due to a variety of factors but mostly to the moisture and humidity. None of the Nikons failed. Reichmann, singing the Canon true believer’s party line said this was due to the fact that there were many more Canon systems on the trip than there were Nikons and that this statistical fact accounted for the number of Canon failures versus the number of Nikons that failed. ???? Am I missing something here?

All I can say is that I’ve used Nikon’s since 1977 in environments ranging from the rain,muck and mud of Alaska to the salt water conditions of the Red Sea, Micronesia, Indonesia, the Solomon Islands, as well as the Caribbean, and have never experienced any problems. And my experience in the above mentioned oceanic environments includes both above and underwater use of my SLRs. Nikon builds ‘em like tanks and they should be used accordingly! As someone once said, the camera is a tool, not a jewel. Keep on “singing” in the rain Paul.

By: Rakesh Malik

Rakesh Malik — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 16:37:27 +0000

I’m glad to hear that… I got a D300 after my D80 failed me, most likely the result of spending 5 hours hiking in the rain at Mount Rainier. My Ebony of course was fine; I just set it out to dry after I got home, but the D80 was pretty much history.

So I replaced it with a D300, because it rains a bit here. I haven’t had a chance to test it yet, but now I know not to worry

By: Billie

Billie — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 14:20:05 +0000

Did you dance and splash in the puddles?

By: Ove

Ove — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 06:24:32 +0000

Hello, I found my way here through the SoFoBoMo blog sphere. Impressive water protection you had there! My guess is that not much would have survived those conditions. My gear is definitely not waterproof, but it has done well while I’m trying to cover it up except when I take the photo. A little wet seems to work. Kind of a photographer’s Russian roulette, I guess…

By: Thomas

Thomas — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 06:21:18 +0000

I envy you. For everything. For the temperature, the weather, the state of the vegetation at your place and for the sealing of your camera.

Hm, maybe I should consider getting a rain cape or something similar for my Canon. Should do the job, but certainly sounds more of a nusiance than a genuine weather sealing.