Before you do anything, check all your rubber button controls on the camera,
especially the rewind override button. If ANY of the rubber buttons are pushed
too hard, the rubber part can get hung up on the edge of the surrounding
plastic and stay jammed in the hole in the "ON" position.
When this happens the camera thinks you are trying to use this function and
all other controls will cease to function. No zoom, no shutter release etc.
Many people push the rewind button in with a metal pen tip and push it hard
enough to cut it and jam it inside, locking everything.
John
Meg Caldwell Ryan wrote:
> I have a four-year-old Olympus IS-3 that I like very much and have come to
> depend on.
> However, on two different foreign trips, I've missed unique photo
> opportunities because several of the camera's electronic functions failed.
> In Martinique, the camera suddenly refused to focus and I couldn't depress
> the shutter. In New Zealand, the exposure compensation failed, followed by
> the built-in flash, and finally the zoom function (even though I had just
> installed fresh batteries). In both cases, all the functions returned to
> normal within a few hours, but the images I'd wanted to capture were long
> gone by then. Damp weather may have been a factor in one or both
> situations, though I'd protected the camera as much as possible, short of
> entirely suspending shooting.
>
> My guess is that, like any intermittent malfunction, this one would be
> difficult for a service person to diagnose and correct when the camera is
> functioning normally. I'd appreciate any suggestions as to how I can avoid
> similar problems in the future, especially when I'm traveling far from
> home. I like to "travel light" and so prefer not to tote a second camera
> as a backup.
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Meg Caldwell Ryan
> Silver Spring, Maryland, USA
> e-mail: megryan@xxxxxxxxx
>
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