Factory Service Centers may or may not work on the 2S anymore. This will
vary from country to country. Factory "Authorized" shops are privately
owned and (as far as I know) are not required to adhere to Olympus rules
regarding when a model is no longer repairable.
John Hermanson
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Camtech, Olympus Service since 1977.
21 South Lane, Huntington NY 11743-4714
631-424-2121 http://www.zuiko.com
Free Olympus Manuals: 1-800-221-3000
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Ray Moth" <ray_moth@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Mailing List" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2001 1:15 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] 2sp questions
| Arni R Kjartansson wrote:
| Just bought a 2sp with a green flash-ready light. If I remember
| correctly that means that the light draws power from the camera
| battery. How severe is this drain, and can this still be converted to
| red led + circuit? I can live with having to replace the batteries a
| few times a year and am not sure if it's worth it to send the camera
| overseas if it's not too annoying.
| ====================================================================
| Arni,
|
| My OM-2S is the same, i.e. green flash-ready LED and, as you say, it
| uses the camera's batteries to illuminate it. SR44 batteries last about
| 4 months in my 2S, if fresh. I don't think that's very good and I'm
| sure they would last longer if I had the LED conversion done but I live
| in Indonesia and it's not really practical for me, so I just put up
| with it. However, if you can send your camera to an Oly technician, I
| believe it may still be possible to have it converted. John Hermanson
| answered a question concerning this very thing on the Oly List, date
| Wed, 22 Mar 2000. I quote, with apologies to John H: "Your nearest
| Olympus factory service center should have the parts to do the flash
| circuit modification. The part "kit" needed is ZJ1827. A trained tech
| will have to do the modification."
|
| Hope this helps,
|
| Regards,
|
| =====
| Ray
|
| "The trouble with resisting temptation is
| you never know when you'll get another chance!"
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