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

Started Mar 6, 2017 | Polls thread
PhotonX30
PhotonX30 Regular Member • Posts: 179
Re: Who's more reliable/less prone to malfunction? - Olympus vs Panasonic
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I have only Panny equipment, and it has all been reliable.  The only issue has been the swollen rubber zoom ring on one lens.  It remains to be seen if Panny will cover it on their 3- year warranty.

I do feel Panasonic is less trustworthy than Olympus.  Oly seems to regularly update firmware for their cameras and lenses.  Panny, on the other hand, promised to release an update for the original 14- 140 lens to support Dual IS, so, together with other incentives, I decided to buy the ver 1 lens.  They seem to have forgotten the update was scheduled for Feb 2016.

 PhotonX30's gear list:PhotonX30's gear list
Panasonic Lumix DMC-G5 Panasonic Lumix DMC-GX85 Panasonic Lumix G 20mm F1.7 ASPH Panasonic Lumix G Vario HD 14-140mm F4-5.8 OIS Rokinon 7.5mm F3.5 UMC Fisheye CS +4 more
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