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Who's more reliable/less prone to malfunction? - Olympus vs Panasonic

Started Mar 6, 2017 | Polls thread
alcelc
alcelc Forum Pro • Posts: 19,003
No option suitable for me to vote

I have 4 compacts, 5 mirrorless and 10 lenses all from Pany and the 1st one was bought 14 years ago. Non of them fail me and the 1st one can still be shot as new today. The only repairing cost I paid was a few US$ to replace the lossen silicone belt covering the zoom ring of 14-45 and 45-200 a few years ago.

Even my G1 and 7-14 f/4 had been dropped into a river, came out like water tank and after dried they worked again. Pany Service Center told me it would be a total lost (due to serious oxidation inside and no worth to repair) and should expect sudden death anytime. They were kept on using a few years more until G1's retirement last year. 7-14 is still my main lens today.

So, if there is an option, I would vote Pany is very reliable (instead of "more") and never failure (instead of less failure).

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Albert

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