More on service centre in India

<p>My E-3 came back today, a month and a day after it was sent -- for the second time -- to Creative Peripherals in Mumbai (Bombay), the authorised service centre of Olympus.<br>

The photo shows that back focus was not corrected. I had focussed on the middle match-box but those to the left, farther from the camera, are sharper.<br>

It is particularly annoying that Olympus in Japan and in Singapore, their HQ for the Asia Pacific region, knew of the problems with my camera and that it had gone to Mumbai.</p><div></div>

<p>I know it shouldn't effect the result but have you tried this test with different lenses ?</p>

 

<p>Wayne, the back focus is seen with three of my four lenses.</p>

<p>The earlier photo was taken at night with bounced flash. As there may not have been enough light for the auto-focus, I took another in daytime with the same 14-54 lens.</p><div></div>

<p>... and one with the 25mm f/2.8 lens.</p><div></div>

<p>My experience repairing cameras in camera service (other brands) is a pain<br>

I recommend to send cameras for repair only if they still are under warranty and the seller pays everything.<br>

I prefer to fix cameras or lenses by myself (when it is possible) or otherwise I forget about them.</p>

 

Its frustrating when a service center can't fix an obvious performance issue. I generally find that they are

usually much better fixing more significant failures, especially when the fix is to replace a major part, and less

successful fixing these more subtle issues. If the lenses are especially valuable to you then it may make

sense to find a replacement camera body that works better. I have seen very attractive pricing on used EM-1's

and that should provide reasonable AF performance, far, far better sensor performance, and with the PDAF

system, no chance of seeing any back-focus issues.

<p>Thank you, Kenneth. The lenses won't fetch much if sold -- but they are good and have great use value. I shall see how it goes with the E-3 when I work at f/5.6 or f/8.</p>