Yes, you may be able to buy another OM-1 body for $99, but you'll probably
discover it is a used body that needs an overhaul. The OM-1 thru 2N are only
mildly sealed against moisture. Water has no problem finding it's way in.
Of course, salt water is the worst.
John Hermanson
Camtech Photo Services, Inc.
21 South Lane, Huntington, NY 11743
omtech@xxxxxxxxx | www.zuiko.com
Factory Trained OM Service since 1977
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----- Original Message -----
From: "iddi" <iddibhai@xxxxxxx>
To: "olympus mailing list" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, May 30, 2005 1:20 AM
Subject: [OM] how well sealed against moisture is OM1n/CLA?
>
> I was at SeaWorld last week, helping out my sister's class trip. At one of
> the shows, where the fish do their jumping and splashing trick, they were
> going counterclockwise all the time, and I'd anticipate it and duck my
> gear (OM1n, 35-70/3.6 zuiko) inside a bag (sitting in row 5; 1-16 are
> "soak zones") and had it safe for most of the show. However, one of the
> penultimate tricks, the orca went clockwise around the pool, starting
> nearest *MY* end. All I saw was a wall of water coming at me. Naturally I
> got quite soaked with salt water, and by the time I was moving the camera,
> it too got a good splashing. Immediately I wiped off the top cover and
> lens barrel. they weren't nearly as soaked as I was, but they definitely
> had a good spraying of salt water. Superficially I had it wiped, mild salt
> evaporation stains showed up soon thereafter, which were again wiped off
> with a napkin moistened w/ fresh water.
>
> Assuming it got sprayed but not soaked through, what are the odds any of
> it made it inside the top cover, or dare I say, into the lens (my fav
> lens!)? The second OM1n I have needs a CLA as the meter needs to be set to
> 1.55, so perhaps this would be a good time to send both in to John... or
> should I? Given that another OM1n body can be had for about the same price
> as a full CLA? Tomorrow I'll run through a roll of film (my last roll of
> NPS, in fact, from the few bricks bought last year) and see what happens.
> the SeaWorld shots came out OK, no water made it inside film chamber.
>
> --
> /S
> aim:iddibhai
> icq:104079359
> email/msn:msidd004atstudentdotucrdotedu
>
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