This is not the official word from Olympus but... I was subjected to open
showers just a few days ago with the E-30 in hand. Other than to try to
avoid rain getting to the front of the 14-54mm, the whole outfit was pretty
much exposed. Like that infamous promo picture of water drops on the E-3,
mine was no different. Granted it wasn't the usual tropical rainstorm but it
was enough to give it a reasonable test. And it came through very well...at
least it still turns on the last time I looked at the E-30. :)
So there.
K.
2009/3/9 Ken Norton <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Some people think that weather sealing is highly overrated. I don't in the
> least. If it wasn't for the mammoth E-30 review soaking up almost the
> entire weekend (www.zone-10.com) (Thanks Khen for the epic...), I'd have
> the
> shot prepped and ready to show. But it will have to wait until next week's
> "Picture of the Week".
>
> Saturday evening, we were driving back home in the rain when I noticed the
> nice reflections in the water. I dropped the family off at home, grabbed
> the E-1 with 14-54 and headed back downtown to take some pictures. Now,
> granted, as I looked around, all of the wet pavement shots looked like
> every
> other wet pavement shot at night you've ever seen. Essentially a cliche.
>
> I ended up across the street from the Strand Theater, and the marquee was
> reflecting nicely in the street, but the contrast level was out of sight.
> So, I put the camera in 5-bracket mode (with 1 stop steps), 2-second
> anti-shock delay, manual focused and as the camera was sitting on my sturdy
> tripod, just fired away.
>
> But did I mention that it was raining and just a couple degrees above
> freezing? All said and done, the camera was exposed to the elements for
> around a half hour and was soaked.
>
> My ONLY problem was that the battery in the battery-grip was getting a
> little "soft". I've noticed that the higher capacity battery in the
> vertical grip doesn't do as well in cold weather as the smaller BLM-1
> batteries inside the camera. The camera generates enough heat to keep the
> BLM-1 from lagging too much, but the high-capacity battery is outside the
> camera itself and not getting the benefit of the heat.
>
> Anyway, the moral of this story is that when you have an E-1, you ain't
> afraid to use it in any condition. If I had the non-sealed E-30, I would
> have been covering it up with a shower-cap or something. I enjoy not
> having
> to worry about my cameras.
>
> It really is freedom!
>
> AG
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