Hi Sean,
I'd think the viewfinder would be easier to clean - flat surfaces,
use steel wool? Then polish. Lenses.... more fussy.
Tom
At 2000 July 14 - Friday 8:59, Sean Chan <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
spoke about *Re: [OM] M-1 in Tokyo...* saying
> Tom...too late :-(. Within a week it was gone. But I have had a chat
> with the service chap in Olympus Service Tokyo. Not all fungus can be
> cleaned - esp if they have "hardened". I asked this of him because I
> have a 55mm F1.2 that has a fungus problem. Alas, I never bothered to
> try to have the 55mm cleaned.
>
> Sean
> P.S. I'm assuming the cellulose gunk in the viewfinder is fungus too
>
> Tom Trottier wrote:
> >
> > Hi Sean,
> >
> > So offer 5900 yen for this yucky thing. You could ask Olympus Japan
> > for an estimate. Or frame it in your living room.
> >
> > Tom
> >
> > At 2000 June 18 - Sunday 12:02, Sean Chan <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > spoke about *[OM] M-1 in Tokyo...* saying
> >
> > > Hello all,
> > >
> > > I've seen a 2nd M-1 in my life now :-). There's one available in
> > > MapCamera, Shinjuku, Tokyo. It's going Yen 59000 (US$556). Yes, I
> > > was thinking to myself "So cheap??". So I had the saleschap take
> > > it out to have a look. Externally, I can't see anything wrong - no
> > > dings, etc. The hotshoe was missing and the film door did appear
> > > to open larger than normal (at least more than my OM-4Ti, I
> > > haven't taken out my OM-1 to compare.
> > >
> > > Anyhow, when I looked through the viewfinder, there was gunk there
> > > :-(. I think it's fungus of some sort - as it actually has some
> > > sort of cell structure. It was also "curved" which leads me to
> > > think that it's not formed on the pentaprism, mirror, focussing
> > > screen, etc. It must be in the lens construction of the viewfinder
> > > itself. Making a guess that we have Olympus Service here in Tokyo,
> > > the previous owner must have tried cleaning it before - thus
> > > whatever is there, is probably there to stay.
> > >
> > > I know many you remember my regrets not buying the previous M-1 I
> > > saw in Perth (US$680) that later went onto eBay for US$950-$1000??
> > > However this one definitely looks as though it can't be cleaned
> > > and it hasn't got a Zuiko M-System 50mm F1.8 with it.
> >
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