Oly C-5060 & PT-020 problem

[redtail]

.... i suspect its the housing... as what redtail mentioned, i think i may did the same of opening up the housing without pulling up the jog dial clamp.

Redtail.... did you just RESET the camera or you send in the housing to Olympuss for them to look at?

Thanks all for your advice......

I noticed that it was unstable until I had the Olympus engineer on the phone (the support here in Japan is really top notch), he had me reset everything, power cycle and then when I was using the camera top-side I didn't see any problems (as you know its hard to simulate whats going on at 30meters pressure within the housing) but since I had about one month left on the warranty I decided to have the pros take a look at it. When it returned to me they noted that they didn't find anything particularily wrong with it but changed the jog dial unit - which I thought was a bit odd if they didn't find anything convincingly wrong, maybe it was a cover up of a known problem or they just figured I would be satisfied if they changed it). I didn't mention to Olympus that I was using the housing of course.
I was puzzled as to why it could have happened until I saw a thread posted that if you open the camera without lifting the jog dial it can affect it, then I thought....oops think that's what I did.
good luck mate.

 

[koeniel]

Hello, I have been having problems with my PT-020 housing for Oly C5060 and was browsing this forum for an answer. Seems that many people had similar problems.

Mine works fine abovewater or under as long as it's less than 20 meters. Once it goes below then it starts having problems. Either the camera won't work at all, or if it does the LCD won't turn on, or if the LCD is on the shutter release won't work, or if it works the zoom button wont work properly

It seems that the levers and buttons just refuse to work under a certain depth. Any advice or suggestion before I bring it to the shop where I bought it?

Thanks very much

 

[pennywise]

Hello, I have been having problems with my PT-020 housing for Oly C5060 and was browsing this forum for an answer. Seems that many people had similar problems.

Mine works fine abovewater or under as long as it's less than 20 meters. Once it goes below then it starts having problems. Either the camera won't work at all, or if it does the LCD won't turn on, or if the LCD is on the shutter release won't work, or if it works the zoom button wont work properly

It seems that the levers and buttons just refuse to work under a certain depth. Any advice or suggestion before I bring it to the shop where I bought it?

Thanks very much

Hi Koeniel!

I've had the same problems with my 5060/PT020 combi.

I discribed the solution for the zoom lever earlier on in this thread.

The shutter lever problem can easily be solved with some silicone grease. Use a toothpick to apply some of the grease on the little pushrod that runs through the camera housing, first with the lever depressed for application on the outside. Then press the shutter fully and apply a little grease on the pushrod INSIDE the housing.

To be able to reach the above mentioned push mechanism, it's better to remove the red lever by taking the screw out! When you put that back on, apply some grease on the screw as well.

Having done this, the shutter will work at any depth, also making it a lot easier to push the shutter half-way for the camera to focus properly....

Lots of succes and I hope this works for you as well!!!

Regards,

Pennywise

 

[koeniel]

thanks very much pennywise, I'll do your suggestion and try it next weekend!

Cheers,
koeniel