Olympus quits camera business after 84 years

Re:Olympus quits camera business after 84 years by numpad0 on Thursday June 25, 2020 @10:52PM (#23648210)

I think in that instance Sony wanted bad sensors back as many as possibly could, maybe to study or to stop any bad reputations. I had the same experience with a Sony camera, they took it and replaced the sensor for absolutely free.

According to articles from that timeframe, issues were found in Sony CCDs manufactured between 2003 to 2005 surfaced from autumn 2005 to spring 2006, that moisture intrude through either surfaces of plastic packages or through a glue/cement used to fuse optical glass to ceramic packages, and thereon an iodine component in a glue used inside the package reacts to that moisture and corrode bonding wires connecting CCD die to IC pads.

Ultimately it lead to a free replacement program for 87 models total spanning across 9 brands until it ended in 2010/2011.

Not to downplay your experience but sounds like everyone was hit and responded in similar ways.

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Re:Olympus quits camera business after 84 years by dr_zoidberg on Friday June 26, 2020 @10:45AM (#23652538)

I don't know if it was the same, but this link [0] is full of people describing what the problems with these cameras (and others) were and how Canon managed it. I don't know if Canon used an in-house CCD or if it was from another manufacturer.

[0] https://www.fixya.com/support/t114938-canon_digital_camera_r...

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