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Weather Sealing is a Gimmick.

Started Feb 19, 2015 | Discussions thread
Daniel Ramli
Daniel Ramli New Member • Posts: 15
Re: Weather Sealing is a Gimmick.

mpgxsvcd wrote:

Daniel Ramli wrote:

I remember watching Kai from Digital Rev reviewing the original EM5 + 12-50mm (weather sealed too). And he tested the weather sealing by pouring water onto the camera and camera continues to work. I guess it's not a gimmick. You should be able to safely use this camera together with a weather sealed lens in the rain.

This one time I was shooting at a wedding and a gravy accidently poured on my 12-40mm pro lens. I simply run a tap water onto the lens barrel and wipe it dry.

Please don't mistaken weather proof as water proof. I can't guarantee your camera will still work if you dipped it in a water.

Did he try it with a non weather sealed lens? I bet it will do the exact same thing as the weather sealed lens.

This whole conversation was about the gimmick of weather sealing feature on a camera. Which has been proven not a gimmick. It actually works. Why want to water test a non weather sealed device? Its like throwing a car in the water to see if it floats.

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