I remember when (half a decade ago?) I dropped the Canon DSLR in a big pile of snow. I was really stressed, but it worked well after that for many years!
Last week, I was doing the
Ledge Route (II) with Olympus E-PL5 and Lumix 20mm attached to the camera strap via Peak Design Capture Pro. It was raining in the morning, so it stayed dry and cozy in a dry bag style camera bag, but once it started snowing, I thought I'll get few nice pictures.
Once I got to the top (
http://i.imgur.com/JnVuuOi.jpg ) I realized that the Capture Pro is frozen up, as well as the camera itself. Basically an ice layer formed all over the camera... Once it thawed, it was all wet, but I wiped it, took couple of pictures and it is all okay.
I am sure that any camera is okay to use in a light rain. But really, how waterproof are they? It is not rated to be waterproof (no kayaking or diving!), but should we worry about getting cameras wet?