Which brands are the most moisture and dust resistant?

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larry moe 'n curly - 30 Dec 2005 06:14 GMT

Which brands of non-SLRs are best against dust, sand, and moisture,
without the use of an underwater enclosure? I don't plan to expose any
camera to the elements but just want to know what's most likely to
survive them.

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Waterspider - 30 Dec 2005 18:54 GMT

> Which brands of non-SLRs are best against dust, sand, and moisture,
> without the use of an underwater enclosure? I don't plan to expose any
> camera to the elements but just want to know what's most likely to
> survive them.

They ones that you don't take out of the packaging and don't take out of
your home?

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larry moe 'n curly - 31 Dec 2005 05:13 GMT

> They ones that you don't take out of the packaging and don't take out of
> your home?

It's always great to see a well-thought-out reply from a highly
knowledgeable person.

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SteveB - 31 Dec 2005 08:13 GMT

I didn't reply earlier because I couldn't (still can't) remember the model
number, but a friend of a friend took a weatherproof Olympus small cheapish
consumer 3MP camera on a 2 week Europe biking holiday and came back with
nothing but a very good set of photos and an intact camera.

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Waterspider - 31 Dec 2005 20:40 GMT

>> They ones that you don't take out of the packaging and don't take out of
>> your home?
>
> It's always great to see a well-thought-out reply from a highly
> knowledgeable person.

And it's always nice to meet someone with a sense of humour and the well
developed imagination that goes along with it.

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cjcampbell - 31 Dec 2005 09:04 GMT

Well, I can tell you that Fuji is probably the worst.

Canon, Minolta, and Nikon (in alphabetical order so I don't appear to
be promoting my favorites) are probably the best. The most vulnerable
element on the Canon and Nikon seems to be the little leaf type lens
covers on their smallest cameras. Sooner or later these all seem to get
grit in them and they start jamming, but it is easily fixed.

Minolta makes some all-weather cameras that will stand just about
anything, but they are really not that much more hardy than the Canon
or Nikon cameras.

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