roger_lymn

<p>I too have experienced a similar problem with an OM-D EM-1......<br> I have sent my camera body for servicing following the occurrence of 2 instances on Tuesday last which has left the viewfinder screen barely useable.<br> It has been said that in addition to the exposure of the cameras viewfinder to direct sunlight, users of this camera who use the dioptric correction at it's most extreme are more likely to encounter this problem because at this setting there is a tendency to increase magnification between the optical elements in the viewfinder and which in turn exaserpates the 'burning effect'.<br> I am aware also of a type of glass that could easily shield and negate this problem, and if this is in fact the case, I would suggest that Olympus could make a filter that could be placed between the camera eyepiece and eyecup to counter this, in much the same way as Nikon, Canon and others deal with the problem of dioptric correction when the internal correction is insufficient.<br> I find it difficult to understand why the handbook for the camera does not provide a precautionary note regarding this, in spite of which, the damage this has caused to my camera can be <em>in no way attributed to any mis-use on my part.</em><br> I do not think that the apparent willingness by Olympus to repair cameras under warranty for this type of fault, as they clearly are doing at present, provides any solution whatsoever, which begs the question of what cost will be levelled if this situation should occur when the camera body is out of warranty?<br> This is not a knock at Olympus, because clearly they are company who do offer extremely good service, but there is much that they could do to alert people the dangers of exposing the camera to direct sunlight, and also a little research into overcoming the problem completely. <em>Rog</em></p>

<p>I too have experienced a similar problem with an OM-D EM-1......<br> I have sent my camera body for servicing following the occurrence of 2 instances on Tuesday last which has left the viewfinder screen barely useable.<br> It has been said that in addition to the exposure of the cameras viewfinder to direct sunlight, users of this camera who use the dioptric correction at it's most extreme are more likely to encounter this problem because at this setting there is a tendency to increase magnification between the optical elements in the viewfinder and which in turn exaserpates the 'burning effect'.<br> I am aware also of a type of glass that could easily shield and negate this problem, and if this is in fact the case, I would suggest that Olympus could make a filter that could be placed between the camera eyepiece and eyecup to counter this, in much the same way as Nikon, Canon and others deal with the problem of dioptric correction when the internal correction is insufficient.<br> I find it difficult to understand why the handbook for the camera does not provide a precautionary note regarding this, in spite of which, the damage this has caused to my camera can be <em>in no way attributed to any mis-use on my part.</em><br> I do not think that the apparent willingness by Olympus to repair cameras under warranty for this type of fault, as they clearly are doing at present, provides any solution whatsoever, which begs the question of what cost will be levelled if this situation should occur when the camera body is out of warranty?<br> This is not a knock at Olympus, because clearly they are company who do offer extremely good service, but there is much that they could do to alert people the dangers of exposing the camera to direct sunlight, and also a little research into overcoming the problem completely. <em>Rog</em></p>