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Subject: Sv: [OM] OM 3
From: "LARS BUNDESEN" <lars.bundesen@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 1999 20:08:04 +0200
Thanks for the responses about my OM 3.

If it is beyond repair, I'll probably use it with a hand held meter, along
with my Leica M4P.

Lars

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> Fra: Frank van Lindert   <Frank.van.Lindert@xxxxxxx>
> Til: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Emne: Re: [OM] OM 3
> Dato: 21. september 1999 15:23
> 
> On Tue, 21 Sep 1999 06:45:54 -0400 (EDT), *- DORIS FANG -*
> <sfsttj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> >
> >
> >On Tue, 21 Sep 1999, LARS BUNDESEN wrote:
> >
> >> I have recently got an OM 3 I bought thru ebay auctions. I paid only
c. 200
> >> $ for it, because the seller says it eats a set of batteries in 2
days.
> >> Otherwise it seems to work OK. I haven't run a film thru it yet.
> >> I would like to know if any of you have had a similar problem and if
you
> >> know what causes this.
> >
> >   The circuits going bad, and replacing them (if they are available at
> >all at this point, and I think John Hermanson said they no longher were)
> >is pretty expensive. OTOH, you could use a manual meter...
> >
> >                                        *= Doris Fang =*
> 
> I have had the same problems with an OM-3, and Olympus said the camera
> was beyond repair - probably a euphemism for 'lack of parts' although
> I didn't realize at that time. 
> But the manual meter is a good option indeed: I sold the camera for
> $250 (not through eBay!!!) together with a Lunsasix 3....
> 
> Frank van Lindert 
> Utrecht NL.
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