OK, I'm the last person (well, maybe next to last) who should be asking this
kind of quesion... but what do you *do* with 250 back..? I completely
appreciate the need to have one just for completeness of the Olympus
inventory/collection, but what can you do with it? How do you handle the
camera with the big, heavy added back on it? Who processes the film lengths?
Seems like it would be difficult to find the services needed, I don't think
my local Costco one-hour lab is going to be able to do a 10-meter length of
film in one piece.
Just curiosity, I know I'll never have a 250-back (unless one shows up with
a really low BIN sometime... <g>)
--
Jim Brokaw
OM-'s of all sorts, and no OM-oney...
on 2/11/03 11:11 AM, julian_davies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx at
julian_davies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> They aren't the same! The P*nT*X one I have doesn't have the really useful
> cutting edge for the film. Disaster!
> Works perfectly in the 250EB, though, and I got it mint for GBP1.
> It does feel a little cheaper than my Oly versions, however. Could well be
> psychology, not reality, as the Oly ones cost a little more than that, but it
> certainly feels that way to me.
> BTW, has anyone seen / got the mythical winding bridge for the 250EB? It was
> touted in early literature, and I'm sure I have seen a picture of something
> attached to the wind lever of an OM1, and something saying it required 1 1/2
> wind-on movements (how???).
> The earliest system chart I have shows a strange little lump in the motors
> group, but there is no visible detail. It looks similar in form to the item
> which appears in the E-sif for the microscope cameras, but with a non - retail
> item code.
> How about the eye - coupler for completists?
>
> Julian
>
>
>> from: Jan Steinman <Jan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> date: Tue, 11 Feb 2003 18:40:54
>> to: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> subject: Re: [OM] Re: 250 Film Back Question
>
>> BTW: those carts are universal. All camera makers apparently farmed out their
>> bulk back to the same manufacturer.
>>
>> If you hold out for "Olympus" branded carts, you'll pay a mint. One of mine
>> says "Nikon," the other says "Pentax." Got them for $1 each at a swap meet.
>>
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