I've had my Olympus D-340 R for about 6 ot 7 months now and it seems as if the quality of my pictures is worsening. They just aren't as sharp anymore! I haven't changed the resolution on the camera, I always use the same. So I'm wondering if the card is wearing out? Can such a thing happen? I would assume so or they wouldn't be sold in such abundance, but what the heck do I know? Someone shed the light before I go out and blow $25! Thanks, Karen

-- Karen Samford (bustertriscuit@home.com), May 29, 2000

Answers

Smart media might "wear out", but poorer image quality is not the symptom you'd see. The most likely failure would be a bad contact, which would result in an inability to read the card, or intermittent problems.

A gradual change is much more likely to be associated with problems with the lens, with the focusing mechanism, the flash, or with an unintended change in a setting, either on the camera or in your viewing software.

-- Mark Grebner (Mark@Grebner.com), May 30, 2000.

did you drop the camera? That can put the lens out of focus. Try holding the camera steady as the button is pressed for sharper pics.

-- benoit (foo@bar.com), June 02, 2000.