Z9 rain cover ?

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flashpixx said:
Everyone will be different in terms of what they believe is "too wet" to go without some rain protection.
When I first started out shooting motorcycle road racing I bought a hydrophobia cover for the 70-200 f2.8 and 500 f4.
I've still got th covers and they still work well on the Z9 and Z70-200 and Z400f2.8.
Has become habit now, 8 hours plus trackside in pouring rain with a rain cover on it's jut one less thing to worry about. :)
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This thread has been interesting, and all the more so since the Canon R5 MarkII camera that I've had for about a month crashed this week as I used it with a rain cover in moderately heavy rain.

Knowing that conditions would be wet, I covered the camera and 600mm f/4 lens with a rain cover at home before placing them (lens attached to camera) into a pack. Upon locating the target bird, I took the equipment out, attached a monopod, and began shooting in moderate to heavy rain. Before long, despite protection from the rain cover and the brim of my hat, there was water on the top and back of the camera. Based on experience with Canon R5 and Nikon Z8 cameras, I thought this was well within the range of what the R5 MarkII should tolerate. I was surprised, therefore, when the camera suddenly shut down (without any warning messages) after 9.5 minutes and 3,057 shots. Thinking it had just locked up (which it had done before), I removed the battery and reinserted it, but it would not turn on. Changing to a fresh battery did not help. Returning home, I left the camera off for several hours, then tried again to turn it on. It then turned on with an error message (error 30) indicating a shutter malfunction. Function of several of the buttons remained erratic, so I placed the camera into a plastic bag with silica gel desiccant packs overnight. It then worked fairly well the next day, except for a glitchy "set" button, and I was able to take about a thousand shots with good results. After another few days with the desiccant packs, it's now functioning normally. Whew!

A recent thread on Canon Community suggests that I'm not the only one who has had this experience: https://community.usa.canon.com/t5/...-R5-II-Weather-Sealing-is-Garbage/td-p/502118

I'm just sharing this experience in the hope that it will help others avoid problems. Rain covers seem to me like a very good idea and I will be more attentive to protecting any exposed parts of the camera in the future.

Russ
 
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