Hello all, I'm sorry if this topic has already been discussed before, but I haven't been able to find any answer so I thought it was worth trying...
Recently I bought a D5500 (which I love) and today I used it for a good 20 minutes under quite heavy rain (...spoiler alert, in Costa Rica it bloody rains...). The lens in that moment was a Nikkor 55-300 latest model.
I know, as it is written, that the D5500 is not weather sealed, but my question is if anyone has ever used it under heavy rain and if he has noticed any problems afterwards.
I dried it as I could after use and put it back into its bag. I used it again after half an hour and everything was steamy, with lots of moist, but after 3-4 minutes in the wind it went back to be perfect and it worked with no problems.
Now my feeling, for what it counts, is that all these DSLRs are built exactly in the same way, but of course for marketing reasons they say the cheaper ones are not weather sealed to boost the more expensive for professional use.
Cristal clear I wouldn't submerge mine, but does some rain really risk to blow it up?
Have I just been lucky today or using it regularly under the rain is doable?
Any advice?
Thanks for your help!
Sandro