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  • Olympus cameras more reliable than Canon, Fuji, Sony, Nikon

    From Alfred Molon@21:1/5 to All on Mon Mar 13 18:16:48 2023
    https://www.43rumors.com/survey-in-australia-shows-that-om-digital-makes-the-most-reliable-cameras/

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    Alfred Molon

    Olympus 4/3 and micro 4/3 cameras forum at
    https://groups.io/g/myolympus
    https://myolympus.org/ photo sharing site

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  • From RichA@21:1/5 to Alfred Molon on Tue Mar 14 07:55:07 2023
    On Monday, 13 March 2023 at 13:16:54 UTC-4, Alfred Molon wrote:
    https://www.43rumors.com/survey-in-australia-shows-that-om-digital-makes-the-most-reliable-cameras/

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    Alfred Molon

    Olympus 4/3 and micro 4/3 cameras forum at
    https://groups.io/g/myolympus
    https://myolympus.org/ photo sharing site

    This really isn't new. It's been that way since the E-1.

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  • From Peter Jason@21:1/5 to alfred_molon@yahoo.com on Wed Mar 15 06:59:04 2023
    On Mon, 13 Mar 2023 18:16:48 +0100, Alfred Molon
    <alfred_molon@yahoo.com> wrote:

    https://www.43rumors.com/survey-in-australia-shows-that-om-digital-makes-the-most-reliable-cameras/
    My E500 is still working well.

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  • From geoff@21:1/5 to Alfred Molon on Wed Mar 15 13:27:04 2023
    On 14/03/2023 6:16 am, Alfred Molon wrote:
    https://www.43rumors.com/survey-in-australia-shows-that-om-digital-makes-the-most-reliable-cameras/


    I don't have an Olympus, but equally I've never had a camera that wasn't
    100% reliable.

    Maybe the experience of others is different enough to make a meaningful statistic ...

    geoff

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  • From RichA@21:1/5 to geoff on Tue Mar 14 19:59:34 2023
    On Tuesday, 14 March 2023 at 20:27:16 UTC-4, geoff wrote:
    On 14/03/2023 6:16 am, Alfred Molon wrote:
    https://www.43rumors.com/survey-in-australia-shows-that-om-digital-makes-the-most-reliable-cameras/

    I don't have an Olympus, but equally I've never had a camera that wasn't
    100% reliable.

    Maybe the experience of others is different enough to make a meaningful statistic ...

    geoff

    I've had a lot of cameras, the only one to fail (and it was their fault) was a Pentax. Apparently, Ricoh cheaped-out on shutter solenoids and they failed.
    That said, prior to Ricoh, I had two very good Pentax's (K10D, K20D) that were flawless, in-terms of reliability.
    But there is no question Olympus has/had gone the extra mile.
    The biggest thing that ever impacted them negatively was the barbaric "live camera update" where you had to be on a working internet line
    to update firmware. This bricked more than a few.

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  • From Incubus@21:1/5 to RichA on Wed Mar 15 11:58:05 2023
    On 2023-03-14, RichA <rander3128@gmail.com> wrote:
    On Monday, 13 March 2023 at 13:16:54 UTC-4, Alfred Molon wrote:
    https://www.43rumors.com/survey-in-australia-shows-that-om-digital-makes-the-most-reliable-cameras/

    --
    Alfred Molon

    Olympus 4/3 and micro 4/3 cameras forum at
    https://groups.io/g/myolympus
    https://myolympus.org/ photo sharing site

    This really isn't new. It's been that way since the E-1.

    They're considered more reliable because they sit in drawers gathering
    dust and therefore people have little experience of failure :)

    It also depends on the model. I don't know about an old Nikon D3100 but
    my D3S would probably survive a nuclear war.

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  • From Alan Browne@21:1/5 to Alfred Molon on Wed Mar 15 10:33:35 2023
    On 2023-03-13 13:16, Alfred Molon wrote:
    https://www.43rumors.com/survey-in-australia-shows-that-om-digital-makes-the-most-reliable-cameras/


    That is a pretty subjective survey. All that would really count is
    actual repair data.

    Once people are invested in a system, they won't leap over this as their cameras are very reliable in the first place - Oly may be better, but
    not enough to matter once you're in a system.

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  • From Whisky-dave@21:1/5 to Incubus on Wed Mar 15 07:37:23 2023
    On Wednesday, 15 March 2023 at 11:58:12 UTC, Incubus wrote:
    On 2023-03-14, RichA <rande...@gmail.com> wrote:
    On Monday, 13 March 2023 at 13:16:54 UTC-4, Alfred Molon wrote:
    https://www.43rumors.com/survey-in-australia-shows-that-om-digital-makes-the-most-reliable-cameras/

    --
    Alfred Molon

    Olympus 4/3 and micro 4/3 cameras forum at
    https://groups.io/g/myolympus
    https://myolympus.org/ photo sharing site

    This really isn't new. It's been that way since the E-1.
    They're considered more reliable because they sit in drawers gathering
    dust and therefore people have little experience of failure :)

    It also depends on the model. I don't know about an old Nikon D3100 but
    my D3S would probably survive a nuclear war.

    So would cock roaches, although I doubt they are useful for taking photos.

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  • From Alfred Molon@21:1/5 to All on Wed Mar 15 21:29:42 2023
    Am 15.03.2023 um 15:33 schrieb Alan Browne:
    On 2023-03-13 13:16, Alfred Molon wrote:
    https://www.43rumors.com/survey-in-australia-shows-that-om-digital-makes-the-most-reliable-cameras/


    That is a pretty subjective survey.  All that would really count is
    actual repair data.

    Once people are invested in a system, they won't leap over this as their cameras are very reliable in the first place - Oly may be better, but
    not enough to matter once you're in a system.

    I haven't had bodies fail, but I've been using Sony DSLRs (Alpha) for
    years and the damn lenses would break by themselves. The AF of the CZ
    16-80 broke three times. After the second time it broke, it could not be repaired anymore and I had to buy a new CZ 16-80 lens. A Tamron alpha
    mount tele lens also broke (again the AF).

    But all m4/3 lenses I've bought still work reliably after all these
    years. None has ever failed.
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    Alfred Molon

    Olympus 4/3 and micro 4/3 cameras forum at
    https://groups.io/g/myolympus
    https://myolympus.org/ photo sharing site

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