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Re: [OM] Cracked T-32 flash unit (follow-up)

Subject: Re: [OM] Cracked T-32 flash unit (follow-up)
From: clintonr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2000 18:22:04 -0500
Another observation:

An Olympus rep once put it this way to me:
"Which would you rather have break?  The shoe of your flash, or the top
of your camera?  Your flash breaks - you keep shooting, albeit with some
limitations.  Your camera breaks - your sunk!"

I've also been told that the system is designed to break in stages,
whenever excessive forces are applied - the flash's shoe breaks before
the camera's shoe, the camera's shoe breaks before the camera.  Ditto,
the winder base - it's made of a fiberous material specifically to
absorb impact and protect the body, i.e., the winder breaks before the
body.

Now if only they made break-away lenses.... ;^)



clintonr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> 
> An observation:
> 
> As plastic ages, it gets brittle.  With the constant pressure of the
> batteries in the battery chamber of the T-32, it is inevitable that the
> body of the flash will eventually crack.  The body _can_ be replaced
> (I've seen it done), but why not be careful and remove the batteries
> whenever the flash isn't in use?
> 
> Also, leaving batteries in the battery tray of your Winder 1 or Winder 2
> will eventually cause them to deform, too, resulting in intermittant
> contact.  Best remove batteries from them, too.
> 
> Ray Moth wrote:
> >
> > Dear All,
> >
> > Back in June of this year, I was in the UK and met up with List member
> > Paul Reynolds. Paul was interested to see the Zuiko 21/3.5 lens that I
> > had just received from Jaap's Wide Angle site in Rotterdam. Paul used
> > my T-32 flash to take an indoor shot or two and noticed there was a
> > crack in the black plastic body of the flashgun, just above the 'foot'.
> > I had never noticed it before but Paul said he had seen similar cracks
> > in other T-32s. It doesn't appear to detract in any way from the
> > useability or performance of the unit but it's obviously a physical
> > weakness. I'd be interested to know if this is a common fault with the
> > T-32. Have other List members experienced it? Do you know if it's
> > likely to get worse?
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > =====
> > Ray
> >
> > "The trouble with resisting temptation is
> >  you never know when you'll get another chance!"
> >
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