I agree- I just don\'t see how much compression the flimsy little card door or battery door could exert. The sealing is neoprene foam on the card door and battery door. I\'ve never tested it against water, but I can\'t imagine it holding much out. Even if they were rubber gaskets on the 5d mk II, there\'s not much pressure that the door can exert on the body. The 1d series have actual rubber gaskets that line the battery, which is compressed to fit into place with the body.
Ben Horne wrote: Jman13 wrote:
Ben, what are you talking about? This is not the same sealing as the 40D. Period. It\'s much better gasketed, with sealing on all the buttons, dials, LCD and doors. It\'s not a strip of foam. If Canon says it can operate in a 7 inch / hour downpour, then it can withstand that. If it can\'t, they\'ll be doing a lot of warranty repairs. Why do you insist on arguing this when your only point is \"the 40D\'s sealing sucks.\"? This isn\'t sealed like the 40D!
How do you know it\'s not the foam rubber like on the 40D, period? I\'m going based on what I see on the 40D which is also \"weather sealed,\" as well as the D700. The D700 has better sealing than the 40D, but it still has the fundamental weakness of having a friction opening door that does not provide much force onto the seal. Simply shifting the camera in your hand will break the \"seal.\"
Take a look at the sealing on a 1 series, a Nikon D3, or a Pentax K20D. They all use compression sealing with a lock on the door, and a solid rubber seal.
If you take a 5DII into a heavy rain, and it suffers water damage --- I don\'t think Canon will be honoring the claim that the seals should have held. They will simply say that the rain level was beyond what the camera could stand, and therefore you\'ll have either a very expensive repair bill, or an unrepairable camera.
They can claim sealing all they want --- I\'m stating that I am EXTREMELY weary of this claim that it is sealed as much as the 1 series. It just can\'t be possible based on the design --- especially once the door starts to get loose with time.
Sep 18, 2008 at 11:48 AM
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