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Re: [OM] Om4 question

Subject: Re: [OM] Om4 question
From: "Jonny Saljefeldt" <jonny.saljefeldt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 09:48:49 +0200
Thanks, all of you who have answered my question.

Giles wrote:

> If the self timer shuts off after 30 sec your OM4 has been serviced and 
> has had a OM4-Ti circuit installed.  

This seems to be the consensus of most of you.

Frieder Faig wrote:

> The color change of the caps is mentioned as new modification of the OM-4
> in the German Olympus Magazine edition 4/1984.

Aha! This may then not be a sure sign that it has been serviced. But the
battery
check auto shut off apparently is.

Jan Steinman wrote:

> OM-4(T) bodies that have been serviced have a replacement cap on the 
> top of the rewind lever -- usually thinner, sometimes closely 
> resembling black electrical tape!

> The process of opening the camera apparently destroys this cap, which 
> when "original," is perhaps 3/4mm thick with a beveled top edge.

I suppose you mean the top of the *advance* lever? My OM4 has a very
thin 
cap with a smooth surface, maybe about 1 mm thick. 

Once again thanks for answering. I'm very pleased with the camera! 

Jonny Saljefeldt

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