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Re: [OM] Prism replacement

Subject: Re: [OM] Prism replacement
From: "John Hermanson" <omtech@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2001 09:08:28 -0500
Yes, OM-G is the same prism, LC4086. 

John  Hermanson
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chuck Norcutt" <norcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus mail list" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <HI100@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2001 8:05 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] Prism replacement


| Tim said:
| <snip>
| Since you can buy a dead OM10 for about $20-30 and pull off the prism,
| it is 
| just not worth it.  John Hermanson mentioned previously that the OM10
| has the 
| same prism as on the OM1. <snip>
| --------------------------------------------------------------
| Might this also hold for the OM-G prism?  I haven't removed to top cover
| but I have an OM-1 which looks through the viewfinder like it might be
| suffering from some sort of prism rot.  There are two brownish, hazy
| spots at the bottom edge of the finder equally spaced left and right. If
| I look obliquely through the finder I can see that these spots appear to
| cross over an edge of the prism.
| 
| Anyhow, I have a parts OM-G and am wondering if its prism is a suitable
| replacement also.
| 
| Chuck Norcutt
| Woburn, Massachusetts, USA
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