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E-M1 Mark II Lockup (not UHS II)

Started Mar 20, 2017 | Discussions thread
Ranlee Senior Member • Posts: 2,258
Re: E-M1 Mark II Lockup (not UHS II)

TransientEye wrote:

We shot a series of images with the E-M1 II and 40-150 f2.8 at the weekend, and when finished turned the camera off and put the camera away.

A hour later when the camera was taken back out it was locked up (power switch not responding) and very hot. Removing and replacing the battery cured the lockup and it appeared that almost all the remaining battery life had been consumed (about 75%) while packed.

The camera had a Sandisk 32GB 95MB/s in Slot 1 and a Sandisk 32GB/s 45MB/s in Slot 2, so this is not the known UHS-II issue. Both cards work fine in other cameras and were cleanly formatted in the Olympus before use. Both camera and lens are running the latest firmware (1.1 and 1.2 respectively)

Has anyone seen something similar? Any suggestions as to the cause/workaround?

I don't have an EM1-II but I wonder if you simply have a faulty battery.  Perhaps shorted internally?  The lock up may simply be too little charge left in the almost discharged battery.

Just conjecture of course, but I would keep a close eye on the camera and remaining battery in case there is a fire possibility.  I'm not sure I would use the suspect battery again, rather I'd try for a replacement and then dispose of it.

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