The worst weather you've subjected your Leica M10 to?

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20 hours ago, Harvard Kiwi said:

I've used my M10 in light rain and haven't been too worried. I gave it a thorough wipe-down afterwards not really out of concern but because I have a tendency towards buying nice stuff and take care of it. 

I'm certainly not rich, so my philosophy is to buy quality and hope it will last longer due to superior build quality and love/care for these inanimate objects.

I live in the world's windiest city (not hyperbole) and we get more than our fair share of rain. I do some night street work so I appreciate the reflections off the street on wet nights.

However, this year, I have a project I'd like to work on. We have some truly spectacular wind tunnels in our city, and I want to capture people struggling to cross the worst affected intersections, with their umbrellas turned inside out, struggling to hold onto their possessions, and leaning 45 degrees into the wind as they inch across the street. We have to capitilise on what we have to work with where we live!

In this situation, I am more concerned as the wind is quite often accompanied by torrential rain. Living at the end of the world and with shipping times and costs being what they are, I really do not want to have to send my camera back to Wetzlar, which is literally on the other side of the world. Does anyone have any suggestions for protecting my camera and lens in these situations? Is there any useful cover I can buy? Otherwise this is going to have to be a project for my weather sealed X100V.

Don't change lenses! or battery

I used my m10 in snow and rain and it was never a problem.

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I was taking a photo of my friends in front of a lighthouse when a massive wave came out of nowhere and went over me. it was basically like throwing a massive bucket of sea water over my M10P and Nokton 50 1.2. both took it like a champ, happened over a year ago, not a single trace of it ever happening (camera was opened by leica technician to check if there's any damage).