Peak Design Black Shell Medium Form-Fitting Rain and Dust Cover

The quality of Peak Design is beyond reproach. I have all three sizes for different cameras and configurations. Always trying to protect my equipment with not being to cumbersome. I have other cases for storing and carrying my camera gear but when out and about shooting this shell works great.

Very well made and excellent materials. Keep in mind though that it is definitely best used with the peak design capture clip or another bottom-mount accessory. It does have pass throughs for a strap or PD anchors, but they are tricky to set up. The medium was a tiny bit large for my Nikon Z6ii w/ the 24-70 F4, but it gives me room for a larger lens. Definitely keeps the rain off, but you do need to pull it up to access the viewfinder/camera controls which then exposes them to rain. Worked well for me though!

Probably one of the most thought out and overdesigned rain covers for a camera ever devised. However, it manages to have no faults, from what I can perceive while using it. It even manages to fold into itself for compactness, giving it more reason to live in your bag at all times. Medium is sized just right to fit a mirrorless camera, like my Fujifilm X-T2, combined with the 16-55mm ƒ/2.8 lens. It's a little short when used with my 50-140mm ƒ/2.8 lens. Both lenses and camera body are weather resistant but the cover serves to ensure everything stays dry when the rain is really pissing down, as it does here in Seattle.The cover has a small lip, in case you aren't using your lens hood. Secured by an internal bungee, it works with anything up to 82mm in diameter, it seems, maybe even larger. The rear also has a bungee to secure around the camera body when not in use.All in all, it works and is made from durable materials. May not be worth the price to you, but it's better than buying plastic bags repeatedly.

Good quality material, build and does the job to protect camera from rain. However a little too tight for Panasonic LUMIX S5II camera with Sigma 24-70mm F2.8 DG DN Art lens so I need to remove it when using camera. Due to right fit takes awhile to put on and also remove.

This is great. I’ve used it many times at my kids’ soccer games this past spring. And we just took a trip to Oregon and had it on my camera for two days straight as we went on many hikes and the rain was off and on for the whole time. It makes it so I can use my camera in the rain and not miss any of those moments because I didn’t want my camera to get wet.The material is very nice. Thick and very durable. I can tell this will last me a long time. Very glad I have this!!

Revised Review: Post-trip review. My recommendation is only to purchase if you have fixed focal length lenses. I did not end up using the sleeves on the recent trip for which they were purchased. . My lenses are zoom lenses, and I was most often shooting from a zodiac on water or while on easy hikes - no tripod shooting. The sleeves are so form-fitting that you can't access the lens function buttons or zoom ring. My original observations: I purchased the medium and large sizes of the Peak Design Weather Shells for an upcoming trip to Norway, Svalbard, and Greenland (land and water trip). It seems prone to rain in all locales right now. For reference, the medium-size shell fits my Sony A7RV plus a 24-105 lens and the large size fits my Sony A7RV plus a 100-400 lens. The hood(s) can be attached to the front of the lens after you put on the sleeve. There are slots for the Peak Design strap anchors to fit through the top of the sleeve so the camera can be carried with a strap while the sleeve is attached. Both ends of the sleeve can be cinched and secured. It is possible to attach the camera to a tripod with the sleeve attached. While you can access camera controls and a viewfinder to shoot with the sleeve attached, zooming in and out will be a challenge because the sleeve is pretty form-fitting, and it will be awkward to turn the zoom ring. Of course, this isn't an issue if you have a fixed focal length lens.

I live in the PNW and to say it's wet up here is an understatement. Recently was out shooting and it started to rain. I slipped this cover on and felt pretty confident that my camera was safe. Though I would recommend to spray it water repellant just for that extra added level of protection. I normally do this with most gear that will have to endure the elements of my area.

I own a Sony A7iii and this medium size bag is the perfect fit for both my 24-70 mm lens and 24 mm Canon Rokinon with Sigma lens adaptor. I recently took it on a hike through the super snowy wet mountain hike and it repelled water and protected my camera like nobody's business! I used it in tandem with the Peak Design v3 clip to mount it to my backpack, so my camera would have otherwise been exposed to the elements the entire time.My only complain is that it is rather difficult to use inside the cover, so I was constantly removing it and putting it back on. As a result, it caught my eye piece and I lost it during the hike. The eye piece is super replaceable so I didn't mind losing it to protect my camera from all the moisture! And because the bag is so flexible it's easy enough to roll up and stash in my pocket when I'm in an area where I'm taking lots of photos.Really great product! I think and improvement would be for the bag easily flex up to reveal the camera body so there isn't a need to fully remove the bag to get full use of my camera.