sol_k

Thanks to all the responses.

have a temporary fix to my problem which I will explain later at detail.

I do strongly feel scammed by Major companies like Olympus.

It should not be the case that a camera sold for $800, would after a time period develop a problem having nothing to do with amount of care the owner gives it. Such problems must be addressed by Makers and resolved at no cost to consumer. You cannot discount lifetime simply because the manufacturer used some part that has a certain life time. The more the consumers bend over the more they will get screwed in the future. If this was a $5 camera, then all said was true but it is not. I have full intentions to get on the case of Olympus America and see to it that they restore every single camera with such problems which is brought to their attention, free of charge . I will take them to court if I have to .

I really am surprised at the WD-40 use in one of the suggestions to fix the dial problem. I can't even imagine , I would do such a thing even though I was so tressed that I might just have done so.

Aside from that, my camera's problem seems to be centered around the on-off switch. Reading over the responses and articles helped in determining this and the temporary fix I use to get the camera to function. I simply exert minor pressure upwards when I am turning the on off switch and all is well and camera is fully functional. Once every few times camera does not turn on properly , in which case I simply shut it off, and exert minor pressure just under on-off switch as I am turning it to ON position. This has been working for me for a few weeks and I am not sure how long it will continue to work like this but it does work with this trick.

The other freaky thing worthy of mention is that I found a plastic/rubber washeron my cluttered desktop which seems to be the size of the dial/knob/on off switch in diameter. Now I have no idea if this belongs to the camera or not although I know whatever that lands on my desktop and I have no idea where this came from . I wonder if it is actually a washer belonging to the underside of the on off switch , which would in some way explain why exerting bit of pressure under on off switch makes the camera turn on properly and function well. I still though have not figured out if it in fact is a washer from the camera that has somehow managed to pop off or from something else which might have been placed on my desktop by someone else. If it is from the camera then it just copped by itself. I have not noticed any such washer in any of the images posted about the dial problem. When I figure this out I will add addional postings to this forum.

So other than that , time permitting, I will politely contact Olympus, explain my problem and the fact that I have literally handled the camera with extreme care and that I expect Olympus to resolve this problem for me free of charge and if I do not get a favorable response, then I will seek other solutions through other venues that would get their attention the way it should. Selling major products with marginal parts that tend to fail after a passage of time is not an acceptable term for me. If such is the case, then they should put a label on the camera that says ( WARNING: THE DIAL ON THIS CAMERA WILL ONLY FUNCTION FOR 1 YEAR AND MAY BE A BIT MORE IF YOU ARE LUCKY, SO BUY AT YOUR OWN RISK).

I have a Camedia C-5060 zoom, which I purchased as a replacement for a C-5050 that dropped dead on me because of

a lenz problem. That aside , I have been using the C-5060 Wide Zoom for a while and to be honest with you it is a

good camera and fits my functionality well. I am happy with most pictures. A few problems with color and zooming

on small objects and taking images in not so good of lighting but over all just what I need. I have kept the

camera with much care handling it with much care at all times. A few days ago , I picked the camera up to take

some images and the damn thing has gone crazy. The LCD and the function buttons do not work, the display on top

of the camera displays nonsense and by pressing some of the keys it just goes totally crazy displaying all the

possibilities and at one point even a blub of black color ( this went away after shutting off and letting it be

for a few minutes). I did the two button reset , and have two of those BLM-1 batteries, and charged batteries one

more time to no avail. Reading forums , it seems the problem might be related to the dial on the camera but to be

honest with you I have no idea what is happening. All I know is that I have handled the camera with much care at

all times and I just am so disturbed that out of the blue , I have a dead camera on my hand. It should not be the

case that a camera you buy would have a defect which will result in a dead camera at one point, as it seems to be

the case here.

So bottom line, if anyone knows anything about such problem , Short of sending it to Olympus for them to tell you

they want $200+ to fix the camera , I would really appreciate it if you would let me know. I am at the point that

I can't even pay for shipping the damn thing to Olympus set aside to go out and buy another camera.

I have a Camedia C-5060 zoom, which I purchased as a replacement for a C-5050 that dropped dead on me because of

a lenz problem. That aside , I have been using the C-5060 Wide Zoom for a while and to be honest with you it is a

good camera and fits my functionality well. I am happy with most pictures. A few problems with color and zooming

on small objects and taking images in not so good of lighting but over all just what I need. I have kept the

camera with much care handling it with much care at all times. A few days ago , I picked the camera up to take

some images and the damn thing has gone crazy. The LCD and the function buttons do not work, the display on top

of the camera displays nonsense and by pressing some of the keys it just goes totally crazy displaying all the

possibilities and at one point even a blub of black color ( this went away after shutting off and letting it be

for a few minutes). I did the two button reset , and have two of those BLM-1 batteries, and charged batteries one

more time to no avail. Reading forums , it seems the problem might be related to the dial on the camera but to be

honest with you I have no idea what is happening. All I know is that I have handled the camera with much care at

all times and I just am so disturbed that out of the blue , I have a dead camera on my hand. It should not be the

case that a camera you buy would have a defect which will result in a dead camera at one point, as it seems to

be the case here.

So bottom line, if anyone knows anything about such problem , Short of sending it to Olympus for them to tell you

they want $200+ to fix the camera , I would really appreciate it if you would let me know. I am at the point that

I can't even pay for shipping the damn thing to Olympus set aside to go out and buy another camera.

Ok, I am an idiot. The USB port was set to PRINTER.

Solved.

I had ( RIP )an Olympus c-5050 Zoom camera which I used with my emac Computers (

MAC OS 10.2 & 10.3 with all updates installed). All was well and working . I was

able to directly open the media cards ( Both XD and FLASH CARD ) on my desktop

as an external drive , transfer the files from the media to another folder on

the desktop, and later process them using my photo software of choice.

Then the c-5050 suddenly stopped working with a lens problem not retracting , as

if though the lens was hit but it was not.

So I sent in the camera to Olympus and they quoted me $200 to fix it , which of

course is not an intelligent choice since once its done, after 30 days one is up

sh*ts creek again.

Now I figured I buy a used one and it just always was higher priced than it

would cost to repair so as an alternative I bought a c-5060 zoom so that I don't

have to learn everything again, thinking it basically has the same functionality.

So finally it arrived last week.

NO battery, no charger!

So a week later I got battery and charger ( not original Olympus ) and plugged

the battery in and it takes pictures! ( I guess I am pretty lucky that it does) .

Comes down to downloading the images from the camera to my MAC. When I power up

the camera to download , the camera ( or rather the media ) does not show up on

the desktop and the camera's monitor says ( ONE MOMENT ) and it just sits there.

I tried using the CAmedia MAster software ( Version 4.1 WHich I am not sure if

it is the correct version as the seller indicated that the camera comes with

batter and charger and everything else and it did not ) and when attempt is made

to connect and download , it comes back with a message ( UNABLE TO DETECT AN

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA)

I tried to check to see if there is any firmware update for C-5060 Zoom on

Olympus site and there is none for MAC , one for PC and the update list does not

include this problem.

I tried iphoto ( MAC SOFTWARE ) and iphoto is able to download the images but it

will be a great pain to go through iphoto.

So does anyone know what is wrong, and how I can get this media to show on my

desktop as a regular drive?

Thank you in advance for any hints or help.

Sol.

I had ( RIP )an Olympus c-5050 Zoom camera which I used with my emac Computers (

MAC OS 10.2 & 10.3 with all updates installed). All was well and working . I was

able to directly open the media cards ( Both XD and FLASH CARD ) on my desktop

as an external drive , transfer the files from the media to another folder on

the desktop, and later process them using my photo software of choice.

Then the c-5050 suddenly stopped working with a lens problem not retracting , as

if though the lens was hit but it was not.

So I sent in the camera to Olympus and they quoted me $200 to fix it , which of

course is not an intelligent choice since once its done, after 30 days one is up

sh*ts creek again.

Now I figured I buy a used one and it just always was higher priced than it

would cost to repair so as an alternative I bought a c-5060 zoom so that I don't

have to learn everything again, thinking it basically has the same functionality.

So finally it arrived last week.

NO battery, no charger!

So a week later I got battery and charger ( not original Olympus ) and plugged

the battery in and it takes pictures! ( I guess I am pretty lucky that it does) .

Comes down to downloading the images from the camera to my MAC. When I power up

the camera to download , the camera ( or rather the media ) does not show up on

the desktop and the camera's monitor says ( ONE MOMENT ) and it just sits there.

I tried using the CAmedia MAster software ( Version 4.1 WHich I am not sure if

it is the correct version as the seller indicated that the camera comes with

batter and charger and everything else and it did not ) and when attempt is made

to connect and download , it comes back with a message ( UNABLE TO DETECT AN

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA)

I tried to check to see if there is any firmware update for C-5060 Zoom on

Olympus site and there is none for MAC , one for PC and the update list does not

include this problem.

I tried iphoto ( MAC SOFTWARE ) and iphoto is able to download the images but it

will be a great pain to go through iphoto.

So does anyone know what is wrong, and how I can get this media to show on my

desktop as a regular drive?

Thank you in advance for any hints or help.

Sol.

Hi Vincent,

Thank you very much for your note . I greatly appreciate it. I had already found similar

article under Digital-Olympus furom with direct info on C-5050 problem posted by

another user. Never the less much obliged. For everyone else that might have a similar

problem Olympus will fix it for free for 4 upto 4 years from the purchase date ( hopefully ).

For every one else that has ( or for that fact does not yet have ) this problem , the problem

has to do with CCD which is basically the heart of the camera failing. You can see the

advisory Olympus America Had published here:

http://www.olympusamerica.com/files/C5050C730Advisory.pdf

And again, thank you very much Vincent.

I have had a 2020 ,3030, 4040, and now a 5050. This problem was something that all had

and for what it is worth from the very start. I just assumed that is how it is and shot with

power supply and actually kept the use of batteries to an absolute minimum.

Maybe we should sue Olympus!

I am note sure why the last two images showed up as links but I did reduce the width to

510 pixels. Please also note that the third image is still overexposed to a degree.

And yet this one is taken again in the same environment with compensation set at minus 2

. Note that the rug colors and detail are good but again note the cement floor that it was

taken on displays the same problem of purple lines .

here is another image taken outside in strong direct sunlight with compensation set at

zero

Hi,

I have had this camera for a couple of years and have been very happy with it. About late

fall I kind of stopped using it as I do most of my photography outside to capture accurate

colors. The last time I tried using it I took a picture of the cover of few catalogues which

almost all came out funky but I did not make much of it. I had so many things to do that I

just set the camera aside. Coming this spring , I started using the camera again and it just

was not functioning properly . One of the reasons I like Camedia C series camera is that

they have a great super sensitive lens and take very good pictures in all lightings indoor or

out , dark or light. So to make a long story short, almost all images come out screwed up.

Over exposed to death, with inaccurate colors. I Figured I probably have messed up the

setting so I have gone over and over everything to no avail. The LCD screen displays this

purple shade that covers some, part or all of the image when a photograph is taken and

many symptoms exist from super over exposure to actual stripes of purple showing in the

images. So I am at a loss as of what is happening and why it just decided to not work

properly. I used to take images outside all throughout the day with almost no problem

but now with exposure compensation at zero , outside in strong sunlight it comes out

super over exposed. I actually can't even explain what is happening as there is no

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