The camera is going on a trip to Portugal for repairs. Actually the main problem is not so much the camera (although it does need repairs) but my everyday zoom lens.

The camera’s problems is that the rear LCD screen only works if I fold it out partway. It’s been that way for long enough that it’s ingrained in my muscle memory now to fold out the screen before even turning on the camera. Not a big problem, most of the time.

Now you see it…

… now you don’t.

The lens on the other hand just plain doesn’t work. When I turn on the camera, the lens motors in and out a few times and then stops, but the picture is black. It looks like it’s not connecting to the camera.

If I’m sending in one for repairs then I might as well send both.

Olympus have made it very easy. Fill in an online form, pay the flat fee, send it off. No guessing, no estimates, no “send it in and we’ll get back to you with a price”. And if they can’t fix it, you get the money back. It’s not cheap, but neither is a new camera.