I do not suppose that cameras die off so quickly.
No camera will have such a sharp drop in quality. You need to get
it checked. After that all should turn out fine, with adequate
settings.
Yes, some Olympus cams may be something 'siao siao' or so but come
to the individual camera, I don't find it a problem, if its within
its design limit.
The photo, within design limit, settings, may be not.
*Extra*
My cam, almost two years liao. Set aside all the prejudice and
'superior' thoughts about DSLRs, they are just cameras, nothing
more. Screw up the settings and get the same s-hit. Its just that
it gives the user a small little buffer. Thats why, never think
that the DSLR is so much more owning than the humble compact, give
a expert he can own anyone else with a compact.
The thing is, learn, and its whether the learning gets in or
not.