Where is the best place to send a camera for CLA? (clean, lube, adjust?)
Bryan Pilati
OM-2N
----- Original Message -----
From: "John A. Lind" <jlind@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, April 21, 2002 7:35 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] OM Repairs
> At 12:19 4/21/02, Andy Gilbert wrote:
>
> >2) OM4 (not Ti) The viewfinder is unusable. This happened after
foolishly
> >letting various members of my family use it with BG2, T32 etc. in the
pub
> >when we were celebrating my mother passing her Degree! Not only did
someone
> >set it to manual, so I got 72 shots of half frame, but I suspect it was
> >knocked as well. The eyepiece has a blob in the middle, that looks as if
an
> >element of the finder is either broken, or 2 glued elements are becoming
> >separated. Does this sound familiar? It appears to be in the eyepiece
> >rather than the prism. No doubt this is a Pro repair, and could be
combined
> >with a CLA & refoam, but some advise on how serious it is would be great,
> >thanks.
>
> Andy,
> I suspect the *thin* piece of flat glass that keeps crudmium out of the
> viewfinder optics has shattered. IIRC the OM-3[ti] and OM-4T also have
> this thin pane protecting the viewfinder optics. Pressing on it hard
while
> cleaning it can break it. So can striking the frame around the viewfinder
> on a hard surface (dropping the camera on its back onto a table). It's
not
> part of the optical system in the viewfinder. Look at it carefully under
> strong light with a magnifier to see if this small thin pane of glass is
> still intact, or if the blob you see is a piece of what's left of it.
>
> Mine (also OM-4) broke into several pieces when I set it down on its back
> onto a hardwood desk a little hard. I plucked out the three pieces and
> continued using it for a while knowing it would eventually require
> repair. Another problem occurred while waiting for a convenient time to
> send it in for CLA. Had it replaced along with the other repair and a
> CLA. If it is the thin pane of glass, it's not something I would let go
> for a long time as crud will creep into the optics.
>
> John H. or Clint can advise about the disassembly required to work on
> it. However, **if** it requires removing the top body cap, I recommend
> *not* working on it yourself. OM-4 top body cap removal, and especially
> getting it back on again is a difficult task best left to guys like John
H.
> and Clint who know how to do it.
>
> -- John
>
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