GH5 Panasonic GH5/GH4 Speedbooster Combo

cobz01

cobz01

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Had a quick question about the Panasonic GH5/GH4 speedbooster combo.. I do not know if this has been discussed before, I did a search , but could not find anything. If it was discussed before then my bad, I apologize. I have a panasonic gh5 w/speedbooster and sigma 18-35mm lens. Before purchasing the speedbooster & the sigma I was using the olympus 7-14mm f/2.8 lens, which I still own , not sure if I am going to keep it or hold onto it, its brand new and I only used it on 1 shoot.. Anyway, the question I have is, with the speedbooster combo is the camera still weather sealed? I noticed when I went to pick up the camera, there was just a tiny and I mean tiny bit of play with the speedbooster, so I am just wondering if this is still weather sealed... When I had the gh4 for a short time I did not notice any kind of play.. I never had either camera exposed to the elements before so I was just wondering, what if...
 
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This Sigma lens is not weather-sealed, so I would expect that you risk your Speedbooster and camera around water.

Here's a quote from a DpReview forum thread...

While using my Sigma 35mm ART lens, I have actually had water droplets seep into my D810 and onto my mirror, while standing on the deck of a swimming pool, shooting little kids splashing around in the pool.
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