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I've taken to doing time-lapse landscapes which in practice means having the camera outside for 12 hours. This month in UK has been particularly wet and I'm worried about damaging the lens on my Fujifilm X-A5 (XC 15–45mm f3.5–5.7 OIS PZ), even though it has a lens hood attached. I shoot with the camera pointed up at a slight angle, so any incoming rain in windy weather is likely to hit the lens full on, i.e the lens hood provides little protection.
Curiously all of the online video suggestions for shooting in the rain and snow have the lenses poking out of plastic bags, i.e. the bags there just to protect the body not the lens. Should I take it therefore that as a default camera lenses are impervious to rain and so leaving the cam out in the rain (as long as the body is very well protected) won't be an issue?
My current solution is to have a "very clear (to the eye)" big plastic bag cover all of the hood, lens and body held in place with a thick elastic band. But it's the type of plastic that is very prone to creases and, if the wind blows I notice a crease can form in front of the lens spoiling the photography. The plastic bag also doesn't seem to comply if I try to put the lens hood over it because the screwing thread is too shallow.
So is it reasonalbly safe to leave a lens out in the rain as long as the camera body is very well protected?
Curiously all of the online video suggestions for shooting in the rain and snow have the lenses poking out of plastic bags, i.e. the bags there just to protect the body not the lens. Should I take it therefore that as a default camera lenses are impervious to rain and so leaving the cam out in the rain (as long as the body is very well protected) won't be an issue?
My current solution is to have a "very clear (to the eye)" big plastic bag cover all of the hood, lens and body held in place with a thick elastic band. But it's the type of plastic that is very prone to creases and, if the wind blows I notice a crease can form in front of the lens spoiling the photography. The plastic bag also doesn't seem to comply if I try to put the lens hood over it because the screwing thread is too shallow.
So is it reasonalbly safe to leave a lens out in the rain as long as the camera body is very well protected?