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Yeah I do a lot of walking and long trips. I had a mid range DSLR and it was horrible carrying it everywhere and juggling lenses and batteries. The iPhone works

by hughrr 5y ago

Yeah I do a lot of walking and long trips. I had a mid range DSLR and it was horrible carrying it everywhere and juggling lenses and batteries. The iPhone works 90% of the cases perfectly and the last 10% of the cases, I am happy with the compromise. Edit: The thing that really killed the DSLR for me was lugging the whole kit up Scafell Pike in the pissing rain and cold in the UK. I got some good photos in the morning but carried a brick for the entire day after the battery dumped because of the cold. I had an iPhone XR back then and that kept me going all day fine. When I got back the whole damn camera despite being weather sealed had condensation in it.

mnw21cam 5y ago
The weather seal may not have been breached. If you put your camera together in a nice warm house, then it would have trapped warm moist air inside it. When you carried it in the cold, the moisture in the air would have condensed. Best advice with batteries is to keep them in your coat pocket, where they stay reasonably warm.
mkr-hn 5y ago
No manufacturer will actually guarantee their weather sealing. It surprised me when I went and researched it. YouTuber James Popsys[0] takes his cameras out in the cold and wet all the time, so whatever he uses is probably a good starting point if you decide to try interchangeable lens cameras again and want one that actually handles moist weather well. [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9VAidHrnY8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9VAidHrnY8
- ghaff 5y ago
  Yeah. But people are pretty locked into their systems.
  - mkr-hn 5y ago
    My recommendation is specific to someone who opted out of systems in favor of an iPhone.
- adament 5y ago
  OM System (the camera division of Olympus sold off as a separate company) recently announced their OM-1 camera which together with a some of their expensive lenses got an IP53 rating. Which is still a less than many smartphones.

by hughrr 5y ago

mnw21cam 5y ago

The weather seal may not have been breached. If you put your camera together in a nice warm house, then it would have trapped warm moist air inside it. When you carried it in the cold, the moisture in the air would have condensed. Best advice with batteries is to keep them in your coat pocket, where they stay reasonably warm.

mkr-hn 5y ago

No manufacturer will actually guarantee their weather sealing. It surprised me when I went and researched it. YouTuber James Popsys[0] takes his cameras out in the cold and wet all the time, so whatever he uses is probably a good starting point if you decide to try interchangeable lens cameras again and want one that actually handles moist weather well. [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9VAidHrnY8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9VAidHrnY8

ghaff 5y ago
Yeah. But people are pretty locked into their systems.
- mkr-hn 5y ago
  My recommendation is specific to someone who opted out of systems in favor of an iPhone.
adament 5y ago
OM System (the camera division of Olympus sold off as a separate company) recently announced their OM-1 camera which together with a some of their expensive lenses got an IP53 rating. Which is still a less than many smartphones.