>>3554723Unless you get water damage. One of my EM1.2 bodies went blank after I had it out in the rain. Had the camera for less than a year, was in warranty. Sent it in, they said it was due to a faulty dial seal but that it was due to "user error in exposing camera to water pressure." I had to call in and work up the phone chain until I got the Olympus US regional manager's voicemail and left a message explaining how disappointed I was that a camera that is so prominently advertised as weatherproof not only failed in rain but that the warranty claim was denied. Well, she emailed me and apologized and said she had taken care of it and they would honor the warranty.
Well, I get the camera back and the repair order said "replaced faulty dial seal." I go to turn on the camera, it comes on OK but after a few seconds the LCD goes blank again and then it won't even turn off with the switch, had to remove the battery. Try again, doesn't even turn on normally again. Call Olympus, they escalate to their service section, get the manager of the repairs department and explain the whole deal to him. He says there is probably still some small bit of moisture on an electrical contact somewhere in the camera, apologizes and says I should leave the camera in a sealed plastic bag with half a bag of rice for a few days. Well, I just ordered some industrial strength desiccant beads next day delivery from Amazon to dry that bitch out. I put it in an airtight large ziplock with like half a pound of those beads, put that in a tupperware container, and set it out in the sun to heat it up and hopefully evaporate whatever moisture was still inside the camera.
Bring it in in the evening, try turning it on and it worked just fine. I decided I wasn't going to risk that shit fucking up in the rain again out of warranty so I put it under the fucking faucet for a few seconds and soaked the whole camera. No problems. Has worked perfectly ever since.
Point is, I had to go through all this shit
