My Olympus C-750 UZ digital camera went out of service five weeks ago. A minor repair was needed (the battery compartment cover was broken) and I sent the camera to an official Olympus service center. The answer was devastating: this particular model is not supported any more, no spare parts. They offered to me a newer refurbished camera SP-565 UZ for $243 and, unfortunately, I took the bite. "Refurbished to full factory specifications" they say in the accompanying letter but the only thing I could get from this refurbished camera was the message "ERROR ZOOM" on the screen and some rattling sound of partially extended lens. I’m expecting refund, however, the highlight of my misery is the fact that I can’t get my old C-750 back (!!), it’s Olympus service policy.

I liked my C-750 very much. From the first shot on March 20, 2004 till the last one on Jan 22, 2010 (I’ve used a rubber band to keep battery compart- ment closed), I took 8510 photos. A huge number (an average of 3.9 photos daily!) and humans are on less than hundred of them. More than thousand of them are in various chapters of this website.