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Subject: [OM] Re: Troublesome OM1
From: "Allan Mee" <bigalsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2006 01:22:28 +0000
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Allan

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>From: "James N. McBride" <jnmcbr@xxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
>To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: [OM] Re: Troublesome OM1
>Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 18:16:27 -0700
>
>
>If I find an engineer repairing cameras I will assume they don't to either
>engineering or camera repair very well. /jmac
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx]On
>Behalf Of Allan Mee
>Sent: Monday, November 13, 2006 4:09 PM
>To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [OM] Re: Troublesome OM1
>
>
>
>Hi Melanie
>Like most things in life, it pays to shop around - check out the prices,
>services and reputations of qualified engineers - you might be pleasantly
>surprised. For example, Jessops (a national camera store chain in the UK)
>wanted £120 to give my (then) Minolta 9000 a complete service - which was
>CLA plus fitting of new lights seals - and, more importantly, covered the
>cost of any parts needing replacement. Had the camera been worth more than
>£120 I would have considered it - but I sold it cheap (at a loss) to my
>brother-in-law. I paid £38 for it on eB*y (incl. p & p) - it had a very
>murky viewfinder (the fousing screen was/is fine) and the DOF preview lever
>didn't function properly - so I wasn't sure what to do with it. My
>broither-in-law asked how much would you want for it? Bearing in mind the
>favours he'd done me - and what I thought the camera was worth - I said 
>£10.
>He bought it there and then and was (still is) happy. The camera works ok
>(the metering, hotshoe and AF etc. are all fine). It takes great pictures.
>And he doesn't mind the murky viewfinder (which doesn't affect the
>pictures). He bought a 28-80mm AF lens and Minolta dedicated Vivitar flash
>gun for it, ran a couple of films through it - and is very happy with it.
>I cleaned the viewfinder glass on the outside, but didn't fancy dsimantling
>the camera. Unfortunately, the glass of the viewfinder needs cleaning n the
>'inside' or replacing. But at least the camera works and has made my 
>brother
>in law happy. It's not often one gets a working Pro grade SLR (even film)
>for £10.
>Allan
>
>
>PS No trees were harmed in the sending of this message and a very large
>number of electrons were asked their permission to be terribly
>inconvenienced. (And threw a party for them afterwards for being really 
>cool
>about it).
>
>Disrupting the unnatural balance that you, as a conscious human being and a
>confused mass of energy, have created.
>-Disturb the mind -
>
>
>
>
> >From: Melanie Chang <soloriver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Reply-To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
> >To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
> >Subject: [OM] Re: Troublesome OM1
> >Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 13:14:48 -0800
> >
> >
> >Hi Bill,
> >
> >I admit I am a bit reluctant to send the cameras off for a CLA
> >because of the cost for CLA vs. cost for replacement.  Then again, I
> >guess I could keep trying to buy replacement bodies and having the
> >same problems over and over again, which is not only a waste of
> >money, but silly.  What to do.
> >
> >So far I have two 50/1.8 lenses (one MC, one a "silvernose" that is
> >not), a 28/2.8, and a 28-210 Vivitar macro zoom.  I am used to the
> >50mm length on my M3 and I think I like that length best.  I am
> >enjoying how much closer I can get to my subjects using the OM vs.
> >the Leica.  I am also enjoying the fact that it is humanly possible
> >to buy OM lenses and bodies.  My Leica and lens were inherited, and
> >while it is my favorite camera/lens combo (both to use and for
> >sentimental reasons), the cost of accessories and additional lenses
> >is both discouraging and prohibitive.
> >
> >Thanks, Melanie
> >
> >
> >On Nov 12, 2006, at 7:34 PM, bill pearce wrote:
> >
> > > You have a wonderful tool, that will likely last as long as there
> > > is film
> > > available, and I believe that will be quite some time. Do yourself
> > > a favor,
> > > and get it completely cla-ed, and you will enjoy it for years.
> > >
> > > Some of us may have lenses for sale, and I can hear the hands rubbing
> > > together already!
> >
> >--
> >
> >Melanie Lee Chang, Ph.D. * mchang@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >Canine Behavioral Genetics Project
> >University of California, San Francisco
> >http://psych.ucsf.edu/K9BehavioralGenetics/
> >
> >
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