For what it's worth, I have found it relatively easy to get all kinds of manuals
and brochures direct from OLYMPUS. They give it free to individuals, but charge
dealers a minimum of $3 for each manual! you might try it and see! Paul.
Pauls0627@xxxxxxx wrote:
> As time goes on, and for various reasons, I think all of us Olympus-philes
> and Zuiko-philes are having to look more and more to the used market to find
> lenses and equipment. One of the disadvantages of this is that you rarely find
> used equipment with documentation (at least this has been true in my
> experience).
>
> This got me to thinking that between everyone on this list, there is probably
> at least one copy of almost every manual, data sheet, brochure, etc... that
> Olympus has ever published for the OM system. I was wondering if it would be
> possible to collect this information somewhere, either on paper or
> (preferably, I think) online? I'm not sure if Olympus' lawyers would have a
> problem with this, but I think we would all find it both interesting (wishing
> over the stuff we can't afford) and useful (research before a purchase, for
> example).
>
> Assuming the lurking lawyers out there don't object, any ideas on how this
> could be approached? Or maybe no one thinks it's worth it (I realize this
> could be a lot of work)? Putting it online might be cost prohibitive (it would
> mean hosting an awful lot of scanned pages, I would imagine). It might be
> feasible to create paper collections and bind them, possibly breaking the task
> up so one person isn't burdened too heavily. Maybe it could be broken up into
> groups the way Oly does, with a Camera body group, Lens group, Flash group,
> Motor drive group, Finder group, etc.?
>
> Anyway, this was just a thought. I would love to get my hands on the manuals
> for my T-20 and T-32! And just think of the poor guy/gal who buys a used Grip
> Strap someday, has never seen one before, and tries to attach it to his/her
> winder or motor without the instructions (assuming (s)he's even got all of the
> little bits and pieces, and if (s)he doesn't, can figure out what (s)he
> needs...)
>
> Paul
>
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