If the check turns off after 30 seconds, then I believe that means that the
circuit has been replaced with a 4T circuit, which implies it's been CLA'd
too. I don't know about the bottom caps, the bodies that have wandered
through my hands have had a variety. Somebody else might be able to say on
that one.
I think you got a good deal, a services OM-4. $580 is not way out of line
even in the States. Perhaps a little high, but not dramatically.
Enjoy!
Tom
> Hello List,
>
> I've been lurking here for some time (in digest mode), and learning a
> lot about Olympus and OM!
>
> I am an OM-user since 1976, when I bought my first OM1 MD and Zuiko
> 28/3.5 new. Both are still very usable, in spite of their age and not
> being CLAed.
>
> Now please have patience and listen to my first question:
>
> Recently I acquired a used black OM4 and Zuiko 35-70/4 lens for a good
> (in Sweden that is!) price - approximately 580 USD. The body is in
> *very* good condition, and it appears to have been used very little. It
> has almost no signs of wear, except a small brassy spot above one of the
> strap lugs. Works perfectly.
>
> The body has s/n 1125xxx and date code TNF33 (March 1986?). What puzzles
> me somewhat is this: Has this camera ever been serviced? The battery and
> motor drive caps are silver, and the small opening at the bottom for the
> motor drive rewind is also silver. When I look at the pictures of Tom
> Scale's 2 black OM4s at his Zuikoholic website, I see that both (with
> lower serial numbers than mine) have black caps and black rewind
> openings. I remember reading somewhere that Oly stopped making black
> caps some time after the OM4T(i) was introduced, but when was this
> exactly? Was it maybe earlier? The caps could have been replaced of
> course, but the rewind connection is not so easy to change, I imagine.
>
> I haven't been able to measure the battery drain, but the battery check
> signal shuts off after 30 seconds.
>
> Jonny Saljefeldt
> Sweden
>
> PS
> A complete list of my OM gear follows:
> OM1 MD (2)
> OM2N
> OM4
> T20 flash
> Zuiko 21/3.5 (yes!)
> Zuiko 28/3.5
> Zuiko 50/1.8 (of course!)
> Zuiko 100/2.8
> Zuiko 35-70/4
> Tokina 200/3.5
> Sigma 70-150/3.5-4
> DS
>
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