Olympus Cameras - Page 9 - Answered Questions & Fixed Issues

The internal plastic gears which govern the lens opening and closing are either damaged or out of alignment - this happens when a camera is dropped or has any other form of physical interaction for which it is not designed.

Are images actually being saved to the card, not just to the camera's internal memory ? Also, is the card the correct size for the camera ? Some cameras cannot cope with cards greater than 8 or 16 - check the manual.

Possibly a form of flare caused by including the light source in the image.

Only you can decide if it worth the cost of repair - check on replacement cost first

Since a replacement is available for £46 on Amazon, and the repair charge would probably be at least that if not more, i should just replace it. And this time, don't drop it.

Best idea is to take it to a repair facility

Repair probably not economical, unfortunately.

Turn the write-protect switch on the card to open

If it is out of warranty it is hardly new. Contact Olympus support.

If it is new, get it replaced - if not, get it repaired

Er - yes ? What about it ?

Use high-power (2300 mAh or 2500 mAh) rechargeable batteries

It does sound like a light leak, but hopefully all that has happened is that the foam seals surrounding the film compartment have perished and need replacing. With luck, this is unlikely to be expensive - check with your local camera shop or second hand camera dealer.

Dear olympus m9010. AFAIK, there is no way that any digital camera can display the date etc on the image, since this is all contained within the EXIF data, and requires software to read it.

There is no repair on this camera that you can do, you have 2 choices, send it back to Olympus for exchange unit (very costly) or just replace it.

Try the Office Equipment forum - this one is for Cameras

Depends where you last left it

Probably the lens bayonet broke

Camedia software leaves a lot to be desired. I prefer to use a USB media reader and Google's excellent Picasa software to manage my photos.

If practically new have the auto focus circuitry repaired under warranty. If not under warranty it will cost a pretty penny since working on those units is labor intensive and the parts are proprietary and expensive..