Careful with Olympus - Olympus' Dirty Little Secret
 

Greetings all. I wanted to divulge my site -
http://www.olympuscheatedme.com - which describes the latest in a long
line of problems with Olympus-brand cameras.

My wife and I received an Olympus C-5060 WZ camera as a wedding gift.
It was great for the first couple of months that we had it, but,
inevitably, we were doomed with the mode dial defect that joins these
and the C-5050 models. I sent it back to Olympus in January and they
"fixed" it. Unfortunatly, it didn't work when they shipped it back to
me (not even for one photo). So, like a nice guy, I spent the cash to
ship it ALL THE WAY FROM AFRICA to the USA for more repairs. After a
month's delay, they sent me a letter that says they're holding it for
hostage unless I pay $244.65 for "damage". It was never even fixed the
first time. And, yes, the camera is still under warranty. This
problem is well documented in reviews and other websites, but Olympus
has yet to accept it as a manufacturer's defect.

Please let me know if you've had similar experiences with Olympus.

Cheers,
Jonathan aka Mr. Mozambique

Yes I have! this sounds typical of Olympus high handed attitudes.
I have used Olympus equipment for over 20 years and a couple of years
ago went to olympus digital pro-sumer. You can imagine what I thought
when they told me I had to use a special olympus re-charger for the
battery which just happend to be =A360! the same sort of device with a
mini change in amperage can be bought for about =A310, for "ordinary"
battery re-charging.
The Co-axial lead "special" connection pins, olympus dedicated, =A360!
O yes and the flash, must be the dedicated "Olympus model" for this
camera.
Now why should i stop using my more powerful studio flash equipment
because it dosen't suit olympus!
I returned the camera to the shop I bought it from and got a realistic
repalcement that never cared, who's flash or coax, the charger is
dedicated, but was included. What i say to you is be very sure you know
what you want to do with the equipment you buy and don't waste cash on
things you don't need. I shoot top quality silver images on my 20 year
old olympus and use a seconic meter that I would always use. I also
shoot digital at 6 million resolution, just for editing purposes for
web and specific work (17million is comparable digital to silver
quality) I am a professional.
Get shot of that equipment!