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Dropped my EM1 and 40-150 f2.8-Now what?

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abe4652 Veteran Member • Posts: 3,147
Dropped my EM1 and 40-150 f2.8-Now what?

It was pulled by the strap from a table onto a wooden floor. I tried the shutter, tried auto focusing, all seems ok. Are there any tests I can run to make sure it survived all ok?

Olympus 40-150mm F2.8 Pro Olympus E-M1
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Austrailshooter
Austrailshooter Forum Member • Posts: 55
Re: Dropped my EM1 and 40-150 f2.8-Now what?
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Not really, it may continue to work now or it may stop working at some later point. Buy yourself a lottery ticket.

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Cipher010 Contributing Member • Posts: 727
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Sorry to hear about the fall. Hope it is all okay.

First do the shake test individually for the body and the lens. Then you can go through all or mostly used menu items and check whether all functions okay. If all works, then electronics should be in good shape. Then test IBIS (image stabilization). Take few shots handheld with slow shutter with a long lens. If you can remember how IBIS behaved previously, you can compare. Then need to check the lens for misalignments. This thread gives some insight to lens tests:

http://www.dpreview.com/forums/thread/3967235

Regards

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Austrailshooter
Austrailshooter Forum Member • Posts: 55
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Yes, the good old fashioned shake, rattle and roll test to see whether there is anything audible in the body or lens that you can hear that might have come loose or have been broken internally in the fall.

Give it a shake

Give it a rattle

Give it a roll... along a safe surface of course. This will also pick up bumps and dents.

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Mine has had a number of mishaps, just keep taking photographs, you'll find out soon enough if it needs fixing.

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ibiza123 Regular Member • Posts: 280
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Do not worry, if it is working now, wiil work ok for years. I dropped mine HS10 on a wooden floor the first day I bought it! Can you imagine? Taking it out from the box, new bought camera! It is working OK  till today, no slightest damage, no any sign on the body nor lens. Till today I am regreting that I had not taken then a movie for Youtube: "Unboxing new HS10", it would be a hit!

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OP abe4652 Veteran Member • Posts: 3,147
Re: Dropped my EM1 and 40-150 f2.8-Now what?

Cipher010 wrote:

Sorry to hear about the fall. Hope it is all okay.

First do the shake test individually for the body and the lens. Then you can go through all or mostly used menu items and check whether all functions okay. If all works, then electronics should be in good shape. Then test IBIS (image stabilization). Take few shots handheld with slow shutter with a long lens. If you can remember how IBIS behaved previously, you can compare. Then need to check the lens for misalignments. This thread gives some insight to lens tests:

http://www.dpreview.com/forums/thread/3967235

Regards

Thank you..

Lucas McDonald
Lucas McDonald Regular Member • Posts: 334
Re: Dropped my EM1 and 40-150 f2.8-Now what?

Dropped mine once but I was lucky and it hit my foot instead of the concrete floor , left a nice bruise bit camera and lense where unharmed .

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