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Weather Sealing is a Gimmick.

Started Feb 19, 2015 | Discussions thread
Scotsman Senior Member • Posts: 1,452
Re: Weather Sealing is a Gimmick.
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LTZ470 wrote:

bigtomjp wrote:

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.

I agree on the EM1, I have had mine drenched, muddy, cold, you name it, even the dials are discolored from using it at work...bulletproof comes to mind...

It just works...

When I had my EM5 out on SanFran bay it and we got soaked. The guy running the tour asked me if I was sure I wanted to take my nice camera with me. I told him it was an Oly and we didn't have to worry about water. The guy next to me had already put his Nikon in his car. He looked at me like I was crazy till we got back, my cam was working and he wanted to know the model number.

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