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Olympus PEN E-PM2 power on/off noise/vibration.

Started Jan 25, 2015 | Questions thread
OP yjaquinas New Member • Posts: 8
Re: Olympus PEN E-PM2 power on/off noise/vibration.
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Well, I have contacted Olympus Support, and here is what I got:

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Thank you for contacting Olympus Technical Support.

When you power down any Pen or O-MD model camera the sensor assemble will move momentarily. It is completely normal, it is parking the floating Image Stabilization assembly. This will occur even if the IS system is disabled in the menu.

Best Regards,

Olympus Technical Support

Olympus America Inc.

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(http://www.olympusamerica.com/cpg_section/cpg_support_faqs.asp?id=1629#16)

When Image Stabilizer is set to Off, the sensor does not move during shooting and so does not need to be reset. However, if shooting with a zoom lens, some noise may still be heard when the camera is powered off as the lens resets its focus to infinity.

If both Image Stabilizer and Reset Lens are set to Off, the camera will power down in silence.

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^ This is just plain misleading information.

It clearly says "does not need to be reset...power down in silence" which is contradicting to what the Tech Support told me.

update from Olympus Tech Support:

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Yes that FAQis incorrect I will work to get that corrected .

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So the FAQ has been incorrect all along.

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