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Which Canon lenses are waterproof?
First of all, tho there may be lenses advertised as a waterproof lens, I sure wouldn’t trust it unless there was some proof. Lenses are weather sealed. This mean they have some level of protection against water, humidity and dust. Not that they could survive a swim in the river.
Note that not all lenses have the same level of protection. Those in bold are said to have a basic level of protection while the others should be able to resist hostile environment, the long telephoto lenses being the best.
Note: If you install a weather sealed lens on a body that is not weather sealed, the lens mount section will be vulnerable.
- Canon EF 14mm 2.8L II USM
- Canon EF 24mm 1.4 II USM
- Canon EF 16-35mm/2.8L USM
- Canon EF 16-35mm/2.8L II USM
- Canon EF 17-40mm/4L USM
- Canon EF 24-70mm/2.8L USM
- Canon EF 24-105mm/4L IS USM
- Canon EF 70-200mm/4L IS USM
- Canon EF 70-200mm/2.8L IS USM
- Canon EF 70-200mm/2.8L IS II USM
- Canon EF 100mm 2.8L Macro USM
- Canon EF 28-300mm/3.5-5.6L IS USM
- Canon EF 50mm 1.2L USM
- Canon EF 200mm f/2L IS USM
- Canon EF 300mm/2.8L IS USM
- Canon EF 400mm/2.8L IS USM
- Canon EF 400mm/4DO IS USM
- Canon EF 500mm/4L IS USM
- Canon EF 600mm/4L IS USM
- Canon EF 600mm/4L IS II USM
- Canon EF 800mm/5.6L IS USM
Note: Thanks to Marlon Perez for spotting some errors in the list
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Could you do the same list for Nikon lenses?
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LikeDislikeIf I might add, a UV filter MUST be attached to complete the weather sealing…
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LikeDislikeArguable.
Who wants a filter on the end of their lens anyway? Lenses are tools, when they break you must go buy a replacement. You don’t want to lower optic quality to put on something that *may* protect your lens.
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LikeDislikeJosh: While I agree with you in theory, you have to keep in mind that for some people, a L lens is worth a few month of saving and they may be getting the L lens for indoor studio/indoor shooting so when going out, they may put lens safety first and IQ second.
Until you can actually make money out of your lenses, I think this is the reasonable approach to go. Unless you can afford the loss, of course!
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