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Weather Sealing is a Gimmick.

Started Feb 19, 2015 | Discussions thread
bigtomjp Regular Member • Posts: 231
Re: Weather Sealing is a Gimmick.

Have you sent a camera in for warranty work? I had my kid pull the tripod over and break the lens off my EP3, broke the lens and the camera. Sent it in. They charged me all of about $75 to rebuild the entire thing and give me a new lens with a two week turnaround.

And it is not a gimmick.

I have been to events in the rain where guys I know are running around with plastic bags on their Nikon cameras and look at me like I am crazy and offer me an old grocery bag for my E-M1. I turn them down and advise they buy an Olympus camera. Keeping water off the lens surface is the only concern.

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