I rarely if ever return a regular 2 or 2N due to a lack of parts. I BET your
camera can be saved. I've been servicing Olympus since 1977.
John
Camtech
21 South La.
Huntington NY 11743
http://www.zuiko.com
Scj9000@xxxxxxx wrote:
> I figure I'll go ahead and "rookie" you all to death the first night and get
> it lover with <g>
>
> I have been having a 22 year love fest with my black Olympus OM2..I had
> started with the OM1 MD in 1975 and jumped into the OM2 in '76. I was teaching
> high school fresh out of college for the US Army in Nurnberg, W. Germany,
> land of the wonderful AAFES Photo Centers. The prices in the overseas PX's at
> that time were awesome, so I took full advantage of it and bought beaucoup
> lenses, flash, bounce grip, varimagnifier, Olympus cases and bags, in general,
> I wet crazy.
>
> My black OM2 has travelled with me all over Europe, Great Britain, Japan, Hong
> Kong..in short, it's now a part of my body! Seriously, we have a :thing"
> going...
>
> I jammed the shutter last year and recently took it to a local camera shop who
> sent it to Atlanta..and it came back saying "parts no longer available..cannot
> repair". Not believing this could be possible, I then sent it to D.C. to an
> authorized service center for evaluation. They sent me a note and said that
> for $115 they could totally disassemble it and un-jam. I have waited
> expectantly, then today I get it back with almost a verbatim identical reply
> to the first repair service: "parts no longer made, cannot warranty, not able
> to repair".
>
> I fell into deep, deep dispair...I had just assumed we could age together and
> go out together....this is not fair!!
>
> While awaiting the delivery of my camera, i purchased an OM2 very close to
> mine in serial number for parts from Ebay. The seller said that the meter
> wasn't working, but it has worked well for me since arriving here.
> My questions:
> 1) I am an optician by trade...can fix and solder most things...is this jammed
> shutter something that is fixable?? Which has the biggger problem, the one
> with the jammed shutter or the one that has meter problems?? I just want one
> reliable OM2 to play with.....noticed that microfiche is available...so do you
> think I could do this?? If not, who could??
>
> Any help with this will be appreciated....
> Yours,
> Susan Steele
> Amherst, Virginia
> singing
> "Oh Lord, now, don't you know.....that you don't know what you've got til it's
> gone." (Joni Mitchell)
>
>
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