Olympus E-P5 dial malfunction and warranty questions

Allan Brown wrote:

Acadie4Me wrote:

Hi, Allan --

I did give some thought to optical and magnetic switches, but I concluded these would be unlikely for the following reasons:

1) The extra cost.

2) The extra power -- cameras operate on a tight power budget.

Consider the older IPod Classic with that silly dial on the front. I doubt that it is mechanical. The camera switches could be similar.

3) The kind of symptoms we are seeing -- classic "contact bounce" or "dirty contacts".

Going way out on a limb, I would go so far as to assume that the EP5 switch contacts are actually part of the circuit board in the top cover. The same way as contacts in a hand calculator usually are.

This could also be true and Olympus skimped out on the coatings.

Anyway, this problem has been on-going for many years dating back to the DSLR bodies and Olympus has never addressed it.

Now, there is another post about screws falling out and the screen coming loose on the latest camera. Loose screws have been mentioned many times in the past and yet, again, Olympus does nothing about it.

Allan

Assuming, for the moment, that this diagnosis is correct and the contacts are part of a circuit board on the top cover what does this imply about the prospects for permeant repair? If it is a matter of dirty contacts caused by dust could this be addressed by blowing compressed air into the gaps near the dials?