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Olympus E-P5 dial malfunction and warranty questions

Started Jul 9, 2015 | Questions thread
Acadie4Me Forum Member • Posts: 72
Using compressed air

Hi, traveler_101:

Thanks for your interest in this issue.

Of course, we are still speculating on the switch technology used in the EP5 dials.  My observations below are based on the "dust theory", when it could be something else entirely...

My initial reaction to blowing compressed air into the camera is not to do it. You may have extremely clean source of compressed air -- or maybe not. Either way, you will be pushing dust further into the camera.

You may succeed in removing the offending dust, and fixing the dial (temporarily, more than likely). But would it be worth the risk to more valuable portions of the camera?

Some people have reported that spinning the dials one way, and then the other, provides a temporary fix. It did not work for me, but it did change the symptoms. Sometimes for the better, sometimes for the worse...

Others have noted an improvement by letting the camera sit idle for a while. This would be difficult for me to do .  And why pay all that money, just to have a camera on the shelf?

It would be great if Olympus monitored this forum and offered some clarification.

Its amazing to me that the company that has done the right thing by offering some free, valuable technology upgrades to the firmware on EM1 and EM5.2, is the same company that is silent on our EP5 issues.  Why are we so lucky?

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