Hi Gary! Guess it takes all kinds of experiences to make a camera world! You
have
probably not purchased a new NIKON and have the electronics go out within ninety
days! Me thinks you can have problems with new or used equipment. Life's a
gamble!
Paul.
PCA Cala wrote:
> Hi Joel and Paul:
>
> Yikes, I sure do get feedback when I say I want to avoid buying a used OM body
> that lacks a source for a NEW replacement circuit board. Sure, a replacement
> from a carcass is an option, provided the shop has a carcass or knows of the
> source of one. I guess I am saying thanks but no thanks to the option of a
> replacement using used electronic parts. Or rather, if that is what it takes
> to keep my present equipment going, so be it. But to buy used equipment and
> then have to rely on this as the only option for future repair? Not for me.
> I've been that route in computers. I prefer a bit more shelf life (i.e.,
> availability of parts) in a purchase. That is probably my #1 worry about
> remaining in the OM family: will my equipment be able to be fixed? It WILL
> need it because it always has. Just ask OLY repair in Rolling Meadows, IL if
> they know me!
>
> Gary Reese
> Las Vegas, NV
>
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