My Camera Didn't Survive.

[@ulfgreger]

Great your XT4 is good as new again. great pictures.

[@ronan_duff]

Yeah I’m delighted to be fair (and very very relieved), really lucked out in the end. Thanks for the kind words about the photo and for watching!

[@mc5869]

Great deal on the repair !

[@ronan_duff]

@@mc5869 it really was a bargain almost??

[@mc5869]

@ronan_duff I bought a 55-200 lens from eBay that had an aperture ring fault. I sent it back to Fuji thru a dealer here in Cork city and it still worked cheaper overall than buying a used lens in excellent condition. They refurbished the whole thing and returned it within ten days !

[@ronan_duff]

@@mc5869 ah no way, wouldn’t have thought to buy/repair that way - Fuji repair and service side of things are great to be fair

[@lucaparizzi]

I've been in Foz during sunny days, very fascinating seeing your shots in the same places in rainy weather. Excellent work with the lighthouse and also on the tram, when you framed the upper corner of the bridge in a tram window. Good for the quick repair too!

[@ronan_duff]

Thanks man, it was a lot of fun to shoot but I’d really love to see this place in the sunshine - it must be an entirely different place altogether!

[@ifsixwasnine0]

epicness

[@ronan_duff]

That’s very nice of you to say, thank you!

[@djaktube]

On my trip to Iceland last year, I carried my Canon 6D Mk II in the rain all day. It wasn't heavy rain, just a light and constant drizzle. The 6D Mk II isn't waterproof, but it's a semi-professional camera, so I thought it would handle a few splashes. And it did! However, by the end of the day, when we were in the car heading home, some buttons stopped working, and the connection to the lens failed as well. It seemed completely broken. I was sad because I assumed I would be without a camera for the rest of the trip (we still had 5-6 days left). The next day, we went to a house with a wall heater, and I followed some online suggestions to leave the camera and lens exposed to the heat overnight, hoping to dry it out completely. To my surprise, the camera worked perfectly the next morning!

[@ronan_duff]

Ah delighted to hear it came back to life in the end, especially on a trip like that to Iceland! It’s not fun seeing your camera slowly stop working though, is it? I’m almost surprised actually the the 6D wasn’t weather sealed!

[@jmcgonnell]

Weather sealing and shock proofing is my absolute priority with new cameras. they are simply too expensive an investment for companies not to put at the top of their feature lists.

[@ronan_duff]

I’ve never seen shock proofing really mentioned in specs before, is it common? Weather sealing for definite if it’s a camera I plan to use in wet weather conditions for sure - I could probably live without it for an everyday carry camera but for anything outdoors for long periods weather sealing is a must!

[@pacocreates]

I'm always so scared to have my camera out in any kind of rain. I usually cover it with something, some kind of plastic bag if I must shoot in the rain. Sorry to hear about your camera.

[@ronan_duff]

That’s very understandable, they’re expensive to repair / replace - I might need to be a bit more cautious with mine going forward..

[@lucianoadami7231]

Sono tornato la settimana scorsa dal Portogallo , sono stato fortunato sono stati 10 giorni di sole , mi hanno detto che la settimana prima cera stata pioggia . Sono un fotoamatore uso la XH1 durante il viaggio mi e caduta fatto un bel volo credevo si fosse disintegrata invece no , lo usata anche sotto la pioggia tutto bene . Anche io sono stato a Porto solo che cera un oceano di gente ciaoo .

[@antyouto]

I like your purple duck

[@ronan_duff]

It’s a lovely duck.

[@JeffreyHauser]

Professional sports photographers that work in inclement weather use rain gear (Aquatec & other manufacturers) to protect their expensive camera bodies/lens. Cameras & lenses are NOT waterproof but rather water resistant. Do not believe the misleading “hype” that camera manufacturers use to entice buyers to purchase their equipment.

[@ronan_duff]

Yeah that’s fair, especially if that’s your livelihood and shooting with incredibly expensive I think gear I’d the same..

[@_o__o_]

i farted

[@ronan_duff]

Bless you.