The Fujifilm X-T4 Survived Once Again!

Once again I ventured out into the rain and wind with my Fujifilm X-T4, (mostly) confident that it would be okay.  But this outing was a bit different than my last one using this same combination in the rain.

Last Saturday, early in the morning, a severe thunderstorm howled through my locality.  That was followed by strong Northwesterly cold winds.  Wind gusts were as high as 40mph (65kph).  The driving rain was literally horizontal.  Yet, I ventured out with my trusty X-T4 and photographed a bit of local areas of interest.

Each time I opened my car door, the rain, as I said, being horizontal just soaked the interior from the driver's side all the way past the center console.  It was wet from dashboard to headrest.

My camera and lens were pounded by the rain.  There was no escaping it.  I tired to photograph an old collapsed dock while pointing into the rain but the front element quickly looked like it was hit with a garden hose of water.  When I finally got back into my vehicle, I sat there and dried off the camera and lens as well as possible.  Thoughtfully, I had placed an old large bath towel over the driver's seat so my soaking wet clothes didn't potentially ruin the seat cover.

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I keep microfiber cloths, paper towels and regular old kitchen and bath towels in the back of my vehicle just for times such as this.  I also carry four of five lens cleaning cloths so if one gets soiled, greasy or wet, I have a few more.  I never want to wipe off my lens with a paper towel or other harsh material.

I did a couple of things to lesson the impact of the water.  I kept the 16-55mm f/2.8 lens barrel extended so any water wouldn't be drawn back up and underneath the outer lens barrel if retracted.  Also, I gently patted the water off rather than wiping it.  I didn't want to accidentally drive water into cracks with the pressure of strong wiping motion.

This little excursion is another example of my X-T4 and lens exceeding my expectations as to its resistance to moisture, dust and water.  Each time I go out like this, I have more and more confidence that possibly Fujifilm has understated the protections they design into the camera bodies and lenses.

This rain event wasn't quite on the level of what I've seen reviewers do to Olympus cameras.  I've seen them place an Olympus camera directly under a spigot and turn on the water.  I'm confident in my X-T4's weather sealing but not quite that brave!  Lol

Thank you Fujifilm.

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