Olympus OM-D reliability? If its broken, its not reliable for the individual....
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There is a known shutter problem with the Olympus E-M5 mirrorless four-thirds cameras. At higher speeds (like 1/1250 & above) when you turn the camera on, the first picture taken is blank ( black). As you start to get into lower shutter speeds, the image begins to show, but is terribly underexposed -- but only for the first picture. I first experienced the problem in December, just days before the 1-year warranty on my camera expired. My camera was returned to me in under two weeks -- pretty impressive! But, a little over a month later, the problem was back. Fortunately, Olympus provides a 6 month warranty on repairs. The camera has been at Olympus service since March 19th. They have a status page on which you can track the status of your camera repair. On March 20th, it went into Repair. Within a day or so, the status indicated that it was delayed --- waiting for parts. Within a week, the waiting for parts message went away, and the camera was just in repair. And there