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Re: [OM] body repair

Subject: Re: [OM] body repair
From: clintonr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 04:36:58 -0500
No problem-o!  We can clean the ol' eyepiece and wipe off the pressure plate,
sure as shootin'!  (nudge, nudge, wink, wink!  ;^)

Dick Lague wrote:

> I use "tuning up" loosely....very....Maybe there is something wrong with the
> camera.  I am not about to admit it on this list, because if I put it up for
> sale someone is going to say "oh is that the OM4t that had the .....?"
>
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> Sounds like Bill Cosby and "OOPS!" -- I know what _I_ mean when I say
> "tuning up", but what do _you_ mean when you say "tuning up"?  Are we
> talking "gee, the meter is half a stop off compared to my Leic*", or is it
> more like "well, the smoke cleared pretty quickly, but once the water dried
> the meter doesn't work too well"?  8^p
>
> Seriously, unless there's clearly something wrong -- i.e., an identifiable
> problem with the photos or the reliable function of the camera -- I don't
> recommend "periodic maintence".  In other words, my advice is the old
> addage, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it".  But if it's doing something
> wrong, get it to someone who knows OM-4's -- I can't tell you how many times
> I've been told, "they said it needed a new circuit board/meter/whatever"
> when the problem was wrong batteries or somesuch problem!
>
> Dick Lague wrote:
>
> > I have an OM4t that needs tuning up.  I know there are several OM repair
> > guys.  What are the recommendations?
> >
> > Dick
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