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EM1 Preemptive Repair

Started Oct 21, 2020 | Questions thread
cba_melbourne
cba_melbourne Veteran Member • Posts: 5,850
Re: EM1 Preemptive Repair
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thatnormguy wrote:

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Question: Is it worth trying to get these potential issues addressed before they happen even if they don't?........

NO!!! Better put the money towards that lens you always wanted.

You did your research, and you know what the most common items to fail are for your model. But that does not mean that your camera, or indeed many cameras of the same model, will necessarily suffer these same problems. It is far far more likely that your EM1 will eventually die from another reason, obsolescence, old age or an accident. And you never experience the problems you mention.

Since you know the lugs are a weak point, regularly keep an eye on them and stop using the strap when they become the slightest loose. Try to be gentle to the dials. Else just use your camera normally as you would any other camera. Should it fail a few years down the track, it's probably not worth fixing, look what a new EM1.2 costs today.

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