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Stolen gear will go the usual ways, depending on who stole it. Junkies will resell it for peanuts, pros will put into stolen goods sales channels, etc. - Did you declare the theft at the police ? -...

The thin metal plates are calibration rings I believe. They have nothing to do with strength and/or reliability. As for the availability of broken kit lenses with plastic mounts - it would be a...

I believe not, unlike on the E-1, on the newer bodies a reset only comes by changing the mainboard. Plus, theoretically, "shutter actuations" includes mirror flips as well, so a simple shutter...

No, shutters are replaced as an assembly. Read it from zero.

Have you been noticing threads asking "Where is user X ", or "Whatever happened with Y " ? I have. It is common courtesy to inform members of a community when you leave, even if it's a virtual one....

To add to my "E-M5 build quality review" - drop from chest level on vinyl floor, less than two days ago. Hit the ground then rolled several times, with 14mm 2.5 Panny attached. The only scratch is...

Amen to that. This guy has done more for photography's demise than the iphone, film APS and instagrIm combined :)

From where I sit, the two unfair things in such discussions are the two recurring mantras: - The 14-45mm is sturdier because it has a metal mount - The 14-45mm has a metal mount - hey, it must have...

PS: Second pic doesn't show, as usual. Moderator, please delete this second post when it pops up in the above post. Thanks. In the meantime - here it is, separately:

I have to react in regard to this urban legend which has, as far as I'm concerned, done more harm to the "4/3 kit lens community" than the "screwmount via adapter lenses are better than kit" and...

I believe that "splashproof" is the key definition here, and Olympus chose it very well. The EM-5 will take absolutely every amount of water coming from the top or in a splash (an image being worth...

I strongly disagree with the statement about the build quality being different. The PERCEIVED quality might be, as those are different cameras. The naturally tight controls of the my E-5 would be...

I wouldn't be worried specifically as far as 11-22mm goes. If your zoom ring is running smooth and uniform, you're fine. I would guess that a 11-22mm in good condition is at least as smooth and...

Tested FL-50R directly on hotshoe only. Can't get past 1/160.

That's quite peculiar, mine maxes out at 1/160 with my FL-50Rs, or is it with all three of them, I have to check... Thanks for the tip, will check that 1/320 thingie asap :)

KEH usually has pretty much all of them in stock. Then again, unless it's for keeping the resale value of your lens, I can't for the life of me figure out why one would use an original LSC rather...

My humble opinion is that your seller did get his 500+ positive feedbacks by simply being lucky enough to have a buyer like only once every 500 sales or so :) "Lose zoom ring" rhymes with nothing,...

I know that in the grand scheme of 4/3 things the announcement of the new E-P5 mirrorless body is a non-event, but has someone taken a glimpse at its spec sheet, and at what it might hold for...

It's the IBIS noise, and it's perfectly normal. On the latest firmware, it is audible only when shutter is depressed. On older firmware, it's audible pretty much all the time. Hearing it or not is...

The above is to be read as : "... they seem to work as well as the Sandisk 90mb/s ones ...". Of course, comparing apples to apples.