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Rain and the E-M1

Started Jul 30, 2015 | Questions thread
Chris47 Regular Member • Posts: 164
Re: Rain and the E-M1

I also have the EM1 and when you wrote "I suspected some water condensation inside the body," I remembered having a problem when using my old zuiko 14-54mm and the MMF3 adapter.

I was hicking during 4 days in montains with rain, fog and sleet. I use a belt with a B-grip and the rain and snow was falling on the LCD and the viewer. The last day of the trip as we were walking down I discovered that my pictures were diffuses as taken into fog. The objective itself was clean on the outside of the glass so I suspected that condensation had come inside the house or inside the objectiv itself. I had no time to check my gear as it was raining. After some hours in a dry room everything was as it should be.

I am travelling to Island in few days with a new 12-40mm pro and later in the Norwegian mountains. I expect to have some rainy days so I will be able to check if the EM1 is as weather prof as advertised.

I do not think that your experience is normal and it sounds like an electronical disfunction which I hope for you was temporarily. If you are nervous to take your camera under rain it maybe a good idea to send it to Olympus for a check.

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