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Weather-sealed gear and lens front element

Started Dec 15, 2019 | Discussions thread
Henry Falkner
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I lost a pocket zoom after one heavy shower too many.

I lost the Olympus SH-2 pocket zoom, with the shutter stuck in the lens assembly - and only three years after the manufacture, the lens assembly was no longer available.

I did get the E-M10 II at the price of the repair not done (the price of a new SH-2, if I had been able to get one).

Now, the E-M10 II does make it much easier to get Gannets In Flight, because the refresh rate of the LCD and the EVF is much better than that of all the LCDs on the Olympus SH-series of pocket zooms.

The E-M10 II however is strictly a fine weather camera. Forget about recording a yacht race on a drizzly afternoon. There are knobs and buttons everywhere on the top panel. Unless you also carry a portable hair drier, shortening the life of the E-M10 II is almost guaranteed in inclement weather.

All the non-weather-resistant m4/3 cameras are classic examples of being designed by engineers who never leave their workshop.

Henry

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