While walking through a parking lot once, I didn't beat the rain that was increasing. My camera only had a few drops on it, but one drop thought it was the Xwing fighter taking out the Death Star. That drop went into the body at the aperture dial. That dial quit working until I put a steady stream of air on it to dry it out. Canon 5D III.
Digital Cameras...not too happy.
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For a small point and shoot, a ziplock bag does wonders. Larger sizes work for larger DSLR's on river rafting trips also.
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I hate digital cameras. I still use Leica rangefinders (M3, M4, M6, and M6J). I also use Gossen hand-held exposure meters. I mourn the demise of Kodachrome and Ektachrome.
About three weeks ago I would have said the same thing, "what's the big deal???" But, all it took was getting the camera wet just right and that was all she wrote....I guess I kind of took it for granted that these things were weatherproof. I had a little Sony camera that I had for 5 years. I took so many pictures with it in all kinds of weather that I think I finally wore out the shutter. It died and had nothing to do with getting wet. The wife has several cameras and never once mention concerns about getting her cameras wet but then she hardly ever does anything to get one wet.
Yep, in fact I even did the rice thing. This one took a little splash of salt water and it would try to power up then die. I figured at that point what do I have to loose so I opened it up to find that as it dried out the contacts all corroded and shorted out. I tried to clean them and even got them looking pretty good. I really expected it to go ahead and work but no chance. While it was open I toyed with the idea of finding a good used one {I really liked this camera} and trying to see if I could use RTV to somewhat weatherproof it. The real problem was that there was no way to seal the zoom lens motor...it is wide open to anything that is liquid.
I see where another poster commented about using a zip lock baggie...they do sell little bags made to fit that are cheap and probably a good investment. Hindsight....
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Yes, if the camera is set to auto focus and you spin the lens to focus and take a picture it will "make a correction" if the sensor tells it that it is not properly focused according to the AF functions parameters.
If you manually focus it and the camera AF sensors read that it is in focus then you just take the picture and it will seem like it did nothing, but it did check...it just found that no correction was needed because you set it dead on.
I am not sure what your exact reason is for asking, but this technique may be of interest. The D3100 can do it. The article is a how to for Canon and Nikon bodies.
Back Button Focus (I love it!) the shutter button will only control the exposure and shutter release. Keep your thumb off the back button, and you are technically shooting with manual focus only.
www.improvephotography.com/4552/back-button-focusing/
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My go to camera, my sony DSC-H300. I got it last year for $200 brand new, it has a 36x zoom and 20 megapixels. It has more features than I will ever need and use but it takes some phenomenal photos. I would get another one in a heartbeat.
Here's an example, I shot this little guy yesterday when the family and I were out. I was about ten feet away.
I got this shot of the moon before dawn this morning. I wasn't using a tripod. The weight of the Sony makes holding it easier because its a bit larger.
Here's an example, I shot this little guy yesterday when the family and I were out. I was about ten feet away.
I got this shot of the moon before dawn this morning. I wasn't using a tripod. The weight of the Sony makes holding it easier because its a bit larger.
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You're right, its a Sony, was thinking of my old AE-1 35mm which was a Canon.
