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Re: [OM] How Do They Die?

Subject: Re: [OM] How Do They Die?
From: "Terry and Tracey" <foxcroft@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 1998 17:27:05 +1000
>
>I totaled an OM-1.  Too many manual film advances on a tripod.  The
pressure
>cracked the chassis from stress point: the tripod socket.  I would have
been
>VERY wise to have used the Winder 1 in those days, since weak tripod
sockets
>are a reported flaw in the design.


The winder on my OM-1 stuffed up in Antarctica. It required 2 strokes
instead of one to work. Think it was the cold (this was also repaired at the
same time when I got the foam replaced).

2SP failed when I was photographing Hale-Bopp. But on a Keh scale, it was
worse than ugly. Got it for $200, and it lasted therough the trip south and
some time here, so I was happy. Extatic now it's fixed.

Foxy


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