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Subject: [OM] Re: Olympus recall
From: "Bruce Nolting" <bruce@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 07:38:06 -0700
I have an Infinity Zoom 200 that's still in pretty fair shape (battery cover
is missing, though).  Maybe I'll "contact" Olympus and see what happens.

Bruce

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From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Andrew McPhee
Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2006 11:22 PM
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [OM] Re: Olympus recall


At 11:22 AM 14/03/2006 -0800, Clint @ Photosphere wrote:
>(link) http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060314/us_nm/olympus_recall_dc
>
>
>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. subsidiary of Japanese camera maker 
>Olympus Corp. and U.S. regulators said on Tuesday that about 1.2 
>million 35-millimeter film cameras are being recalled to fix an 
>overheating problem with the flash circuit.
>
>The circuit can cause the camera to overheat and produce smoke when the 
>camera is on, posing a burn hazard, according the U.S. Consumer Product 
>Safety Commission.
>
>Olympus has received 21 reports of the malfunction but no injuries, the 
>regulator's statement said.
>
>The cameras, sold across the U.S. between 1989 and 1995, include the 
>Infinity Twin, AF-1 Twin, Infinity Zoom 200 series, AZ 200 series, and 
>Quantary Infinity Zoom 222 Olympus-brand 35-mm film cameras.
>
>Olympus is advising consumers to stop using the cameras and contact 
>Olympus for a repair kit.
>
>
>
>Comments:
>"21 reports of the malfunction"?  21!?!?  We saw hundreds of these 
>models with melted flash circuits, most of them "out of warranty".
>
>Contact Olympus for a "repair kit"?  How is a customer supposed to 
>replace the main ciruict, flash circuit, and melted front cover, and in 
>some cases the shutter circuit/assembly and the AF circuit, too?
>
>And how many customers are going to keep a dead, melted Olympus camera 
>lying around that doesn't work, hasn't been repaired by Olympus for 
>years, and that parts are officially "no longer available"?
>
>What a load of BS!




It's simple - the repair kit comprises a pair of asbestos gloves and 
heat-resistant glasses.

Sorry, I couldn't resist.  And yes, their response is BS.  And over ten 
years too late...


Andrew McPhee
http://www.dev-stop-fix.com/


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