Oly equipment failure...
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My E510 has a faulty mode/power switch. (Hard to turn on, camera will turn off when bumped).
The local Oly service centre wanted near half the cost of a new body to repair it. The quote says they want to replace the top and back panels!.
I ordered a new 620 body.
I suspect all that's happened is the connector came loose. Their diagnostics basically consisted of a visual inspection and looking up the fault decision tree by the look of it. It's also possible they thought my LCD was broken as I have sticky tape holding a screen protector on.
It was the E510's 2nd service - the first one was basically a clean/calibrate - I think I managed to get dust on the focus sensor.
The SSWF is all well and good, but the focus sensor is even harder to get to...
I suspect the SSWF shook the dust off the sensor fine, and neatly deposited it on top of the focus sensor that lives in the bottom of the camera. It was almost certainly dust as the problem occurred after a visit to Jordan. I was doing lots of lens swaps out at the archaeological sites and it was very dry and dusty. At no time did I have any artefacts on images, the focus response just got sluggish and inaccurate.
In a week or so I should have a E620 body. Only I doubt contrast-detect AF is going to work with my older lenses
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It's not transistors and other silicon type circuits (micro controllers, logic, etc). They will basically last forever, the 'doping' in the circuits will probably slowly migrate into the wrong places, and this process is accelerated by heat, but for all practical purposes insignificant.
Capacitors on the other hand, if they are the 'electrolytic' type that have a moist paste inside them have a nasty habit of drying out over time. They are also supposed to be stored charged.
The camera may have some of these parts in it's power supply section but mainly as the key component of the flash circuit.
The 'charging' of a flash is the circuit dumping power into the capacitor in preparation for dumping it all into the flash bulb.
That said, I've got a couple of old Cannon T system flashes that haven't been used for years. They both still work fine as near as I can tell. The quality of the components helps too.
My E510 has a faulty mode/power switch. (Hard to turn on, camera will turn off when bumped).
The local Oly service centre wanted near half the cost of a new body to repair it. The quote says they want to replace the top and back panels!.
I ordered a new 620 body.
I suspect all that's happened is the connector came loose. Their diagnostics basically consisted of a visual inspection and looking up the fault decision tree by the look of it. It's also possible they thought my LCD was broken as I have sticky tape holding a screen protector on.
It was the E510's 2nd service - the first one was basically a clean/calibrate - I think I managed to get dust on the focus sensor.
The SSWF is all well and good, but the focus sensor is even harder to get to...
I suspect the SSWF shook the dust off the sensor fine, and neatly deposited it on top of the focus sensor that lives in the bottom of the camera. It was almost certainly dust as the problem occurred after a visit to Jordan. I was doing lots of lens swaps out at the archaeological sites and it was very dry and dusty. At no time did I have any artefacts on images, the focus response just got sluggish and inaccurate.
In a week or so I should have a E620 body. Only I doubt contrast-detect AF is going to work with my older lenses
Did they open up to check before they quote or the people at the service center just take a look at your cameras exterior and gave you a quote? I assume its Olympus Australia?
maestrolik
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It is indeed rare,at least it is 7 days and not a year later
I'll ask them for a 1 to 1 exchange, this is unacceptable QC and reason enough to warrant me one
Before I hand my E520 to the service centre,
Have you guys encountered any problem with the Mode Dial?
It was actually after lending my camera to a friend, it returned perfectly normal...
but i left it in my room for abt 3 - 4 days before placing it back in the dry box.
Just before I was going out for my shoot, i tried to swtich it on, but cannot turn on; den i found out it was the on/off switch area which is causing the problem.
for eg, i change my mode from A to S, the cam switch off once and on back
and if i were to touch the on/off switch; the cam will off by itself and come back to life..
the button turning and switch are not loose nor seemed to be forcefully tampered with..
=((
really sad man... anyone got any idea why like that?
Have you guys encountered any problem with the Mode Dial?
It was actually after lending my camera to a friend, it returned perfectly normal...
but i left it in my room for abt 3 - 4 days before placing it back in the dry box.
Just before I was going out for my shoot, i tried to swtich it on, but cannot turn on; den i found out it was the on/off switch area which is causing the problem.
for eg, i change my mode from A to S, the cam switch off once and on back
and if i were to touch the on/off switch; the cam will off by itself and come back to life..
the button turning and switch are not loose nor seemed to be forcefully tampered with..
=((
really sad man... anyone got any idea why like that?
They probably could, but since its pass 7 days today, most likely they will repair it
Most likely the board has something wrong,send it in to be check, could be corrosion or something, countless possibilities
Just send it,explain to them and they'll check properly,I believe its the same, like my friend tells me their computers have problem, I go down to check is ok, but I just run troubleshoot all the same and make necessary repairs
Since they didn't charge for the quote (most places here do)so they are not going to spend a lot of time on it, and there is no trace that they tried to open it up, I assume they just looked at the exterior and my fault report and looked up some sort of technical manual and 'guessed'.
That is the exactly fault my E-510 has. Oly Australia wanted $AUS375 to repair it. I declined. Personally I think they really didn't want to repair it. They said the top and back panel needed to be replaced.
When I get a new body (the camera is still currently usable), I'll try taking it appear myself. It wouldn't surprise me to find the connector for the switch has shaken loose, although given my camera has got wet a few times an the E-510 is not weather sealed, it could be corrosion damage to the switch mechanism from water.
Kinda bad IMO,cause some things can be judged from exterior, probably can write an E-mail to someone higher? Not sure who but I'm sure there should be someone who can help you
Evilmerlin
Senior Member
Not a failure of sorts but I just had to send my E-30 to OSC to have it repaired. What happened was that when the camera is first switched on, the mode would be different from that indicated on the mode dial. But if you switch to another mode, it works fine. Going to cost me $155 for that repair...sigh...
is your unit still under warranty? i encountered the 'mode jump' problem and got the top panel replaced.
I learned of another similar problem. It seems like this issue is common to E-30... :think:
E-300, 4 years+, 70K shutter count...what failure? I have not seen any problems in mine.
Just shot 1000 shots on Saturday for the Mobile Column at National Stadium Carpark B and Suntec.
This camera has been through with me in rain and shine. If it rains, I just slap a towel on top of it and carry on shooting, regardless of the rain intensity. This is my second Oly digital camera, and my C-5050 is still going strong too.
As far as I'm concerned, I certainly made the right move 6 years ago with buying Oly as my first digital brand...after 15 years of using a Nikon FM2.
Just shot 1000 shots on Saturday for the Mobile Column at National Stadium Carpark B and Suntec.
This camera has been through with me in rain and shine. If it rains, I just slap a towel on top of it and carry on shooting, regardless of the rain intensity. This is my second Oly digital camera, and my C-5050 is still going strong too.
As far as I'm concerned, I certainly made the right move 6 years ago with buying Oly as my first digital brand...after 15 years of using a Nikon FM2.
There is no problems going from a heated room into a cold environment. Condensation only happens the other way round, when you move from a very cold to a warm environment. The way around that is to have ziploc bags ready and put your camera into the ziploc bag and seal it, before entering the heated environment. The condensation will happen on the outside of the bag. After 10-20mins when the temperature stabilized, remove the bag.
Evilmerlin
Senior Member
Mine is out of warranty already.
from my experience, there could be 2 causes of this problem:
1) old batteries, well used BLM-1s that are not able to provide sufficient power to the camera can cause this. might want to bring your batteries down for a check too.
i got 6 batteries checked, only 1 was losing its charge.
2) the top panel electronics are faulty. this will require a top panel unit replacement.
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