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Re: [OM] Finally, some darkroom time (couple of OM B&W prints)

Subject: Re: [OM] Finally, some darkroom time (couple of OM B&W prints)
From: Jez Cunningham <jez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2010 16:34:44 +0200
Phew - glad to hear _your_ speed governor was fixed so simply and quickly!
Jez

On 22 October 2010 15:56, John Hermanson <omtech1@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Could be the slow speed governor needs a washing.  Or possibly gear
> inside body that links slow speed governor to ss dial is off by just one
> tooth.  Holes in brass gear (at either end) correspond to B and 1/2000,
> but I bet your guy knows that.  If off by just one tooth, most speeds
> can be good while some might be erratic.
>
> Wednesday afternoon I had some chest pains (like someone digging their
> knuckle in).  Was taken from my doctors office by ambulance and had an
> angiagram and stent installed.  Total elapsed time from doctor visit to
> stent, less than 2 hours.  I feel much better now and am catching up
> with mail.  Yeah, "enjoy every sandwich".
>
>
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> On 10/20/2010 12:11 PM, Dawid Loubser wrote:
> > Thank you John!
> >
> > Regarding the 3Ti, I am a little bit frustrated. It's working 90%
> > well. Every now and then, a shot at a
> > slow shutter speed (specifically 1/2s) would fire at the wrong shutter
> > speed (e.g. 1/4s or even faster).
> >
> > Good as my local repair guy is (I am impressed that he managed to get
> > it working this well, especially
> > the [more serious] internal mirror-clearing issue it had, not to
> > mention transplanting the plastic shutter
> > speed coupling ring from an OM-2S) it may very well still make its way
> > to you, this time by bloody overnight
> > courier, I don't care what it costs.
> >
> > Anyway, for all speeds above 1/8s it's a simply fantastic camera, very
> > enjoyable to use. Together
> > with the non-split-prism Lumi Micron screen, it's a dream come true.
> > Really one of the "definitive"
> > viewfinder experiences, as I've said on this list before.
> >
> > I'll probably kick myself when I do eventually just send it to you for
> > fine-tuning (10,000km!)
> > that I didn't just do so right away, but oh well - at least I have
> > already gotten a lot of joy
> > out of it, and some good images.
> >
> > My dream rig for 35mm, really, especially with the fast wide angles.
> >
> > All the best,
> > Dawid
> >
> >
> > On 20 Oct 2010, at 2:22 PM, John Hermanson wrote:
> >
> >> Beautiful work, Dawid.   I'm glad to see that you got the 3Ti into
> >> operation.
> >
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