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

Subject: Re: [OM] Cracked T-32 flash unit (follow-up)
From: "John Hermanson" <omtech@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2000 08:51:17 -0400
A small company offers a replacement metal foot for the Vivitar 285.  Next
time the same type of impact occurs, what will break?

John  Hermanson
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----- Original Message -----
From: rtomcala <rtomcala@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, September 29, 2000 7:03 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] Cracked T-32 flash unit (follow-up)


| Jim,
|   Other brands do, in fact, have this problem.  The best known one is
| the venerable Vivitar 285 and 285.  The major difference being that the
| Vivitar replacement feet cost sometimes 4 times what the T-32/T-20 feet
| cost.  The good point there though is that they are at least 10 times
| easier to replace than the Olympus.  This problem is also frequent on
| the larger Minolta flashes.
|   This brings up a good question.  What is the proper procedure to
| replace the broken foot on a T-32/T-20 flash ?  I have at least 6 or 7
| T-20's laying around with broken feet awaiting repair.  Never broken one
| myself, but just can't pass one up at the flea for $0.50 or $2.00.
| Rand E.
|
|
| Jim Sharp wrote:
| >
| > This sounds like something a salesman would come up with...
| >
| > Did you tell him you prefer "None of the above"
| >
| > I love my OM's but I think the whole flash setup is somewhat "cheesy."
| > The shoes are weak, both on the camera and on the flash units. There is
| > no reason a flash shoe should break just from trying to pivot the
| > flash...
|
|  "It seems other brands don't have near the same problems."
|
| >
| > --
| > Jim
|



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