I think rescuing the one you have is definitely the
safest bet. Also the best for posterity. Of course
fixing your beater depresses the value of my beater by
some amount...;-)
-Marcus
--- John Wheeler <wheelej@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> G'day Zuiks,
>
> I recently bid on an OM-1 that had apparently seen
> better days and was
> successful. The seller was pretty correct in saying
> the camera needed 'some
> repairs'. In fact when I left it with the Sydney
> repairer he rang me before
> commencing work to say that although he could bring
> it up to scratch 'as
> new' it would cost about $US110 and one could buy a
> good example for that
> much.
>
> The thing is I only spent $US75 for the camera so am
> thinking that a total
> of $US185 for a fully working, CLA'd OM-1 with a new
> prism and twelve month
> warranty from the repairer was a better bet than a
> $US200 near-mint unit
> (the latter may still need a CLA).
>
> Am I wrong?
>
> John (who's really trying to justify a phoned
> 'go-ahead' to my friendly and
> very capable repairer).
>
>
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