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E-M5 lockup problems

Started Feb 22, 2014 | Questions thread
ryan2007 Forum Pro • Posts: 12,001
Re: E-M5 lockup problems
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zuikowesty wrote:

I have now had several cases of lockup on my E-M5, sometimes resolved by power off/on, other times by removing the battery. Since I have never seen this in 5 years with my E-410, I am a bit worried.

There seems to be two ways to reproduce it:

1. Changing lens with power on. I've never worried about this before, but with my E-M5 it has sometimes caused a black screen required a power cycle to restore function.

2. Plugging in USB cable with power on. If the camera is not in sleep mode, the red SD card icon will appear, but it will not connect to the PC. A power cycle usually fixes this. If the camera is in sleep mode, pulling the battery is usually required.

Page 80 of the E-M5 manual does indicate that the camera is to be powered off when connecting the USB cable, but this is the first Olympus camera I have used that actually seems to require this. All others including the E-PM2 and E-410 will work fine with the camera on, and in all models with a push button power switch, connecting USB will turn the camera on if it is powered off.

Am I the only one to have this issue? Is everyone else doing it by the book, or do I have a flaky E-M5?

I would say you are doing what you really not supposed to ever do. The power should always be off to the camera when attaching or removing a lens. Same for an external flash. Same for inserting or removing the SD card.

This goes for a $5,000 Nikon D4 body the same as any camera not matter the manufacture.

Do you turn your home computer or laptop whatever it is OFF by pulling the plug out of the wall Every time? That is what you are doing here.

Next, you said you read the owners manual and it tells you not to do this but want to equate it to a different camera or experience. So if you want to put your hand in the fire and think you will not get burned this time, go for it.

No sarcasm is meant, but you run the risk of damaging your camera/lens/flash and it potentially voiding the manufactures warrantee since it explicitly states that in the "Owners Manual" in black and white..

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