Heads up for Olympus users

[Troporobo]

Inspired by the recent thread on essential spares, I went looking for a new Olympus FL-LM3 flash since I have had two failures in the past and I am now located a long way from any supplier. I found that it is discontinued, as is the FL-LM2 used by other model cameras, and not available from any of the usual online retailers.  I was able to find units on Amazon Japan and Amazon Global UK that could be shipped, so that is solved for now.  If you are an Olympus user without a spare, it would be well worth considering picking one up sooner rather than later. Maybe physical stores have a few units laying around, if any are close to you.  Otherwise, it will eventually be necessary to upgrade to an electronic trigger.