It has gaskets around the buttons and the top plate. It isnt as fully sealed
as some of the newer cameras like the Canon 1-series, but it works. See
Popular Photography's stripdown report on the OM-4. I forget the pub. Date,
I'd have to dig it up, but they talked about the weathersealing and showed
the gaskets in a photo.
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Chris Crawford
Fine Art Photography
Fort Wayne, Indiana
260-747-3962
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On 2/13/09 10:16 PM, "Chuck Norcutt" <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I think you're running on good luck. The OM-4T is not sealed. See page
> 119 of your user's manual for handling care instructions.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
> Chris Crawford wrote:
>> Fine for wedding photographers, but as a fine art photographer who does a
>> lot of outdoor landscape and architecture work in BAD weather (yes, I often
>> stand in the rain to shoot) a weather sealed body is a requirement.
>>
>> The OM-4T is sealed and mine has survived some tremendous downpours, as has
>> my old Nikon F4s.
>>
>>
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