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Re: [OM] (Fwd) Hooray for Olympus OM4Ti

Subject: Re: [OM] (Fwd) Hooray for Olympus OM4Ti
From: "John Hermanson" <omtech@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 13 Jul 1999 19:46:23 -0400
I don't know if the 4T is sensitive to heat.  It may have just been that
bods time to lockup. :-)

John
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From: Giles <cnocbui@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 1999 2:40 PM
Subject: [OM] (Fwd) Hooray for Olympus OM4Ti


> ------- Forwarded Message Follows -------
> From:          "J.M. de Jager" <jagerdjm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To:            <owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject:       Hooray for Olympus OM4Ti
> Date:          Mon, 12 Jul 1999 21:47:39 +0200
>
> Hello dear OM-lovers, I'm new here, but I follow your discussions with
> interest and it helped me a lot. A few day ago I read a thread on the
> heat-resistance of the OM4Ti. Well, I own mine for many years now, (12?
15?)
> and I took it to many parts of this beautiful world. Without any service
or
> even serious cleaning it survived: intense cold on high passes in Tibet,
> dusty plains in the west of China and in the Middle East, intense heat in
> many places (you can imagine, let me name a few: Turpan, Death Valley..
> enough?), sprays of seawater on the Galapagos, damp air and rain in
tropical
> forests. I dropped it (not on purpose, I love my camera!!!) from a driving
> truck! "No pictures, this year," I thought, and that was eight years ago.
> This time I hope to take my darling to Iceland....
> So for anybody who fears that this camera is not heat-proof, I can
honestly
> and sincerily declare that it is! That does not mean that I don't take
> complaints of strange OM-behaviour seriously.... Maybe the are like
people.
>
> Talking about servicing camera's yourself. I wouldn't do it, unless... I
> serviced a lens, though... It was the famous zuiko 28/2,8. I took it
apart,
> because the internal parts got "lazy".... Probably dust. Opening was no
> difficult  (I am a complete beginner :-) , I did it because I have two of
> these babies...), closing was a problem. You had these springs flying
> everywere.... But I succeeded in cleaning and even decent reassembling,
and
> of course I'm proud. I left one little spring, but that was not too
serious.
> The lens works like new, again.... Now I'm thinking of starting my own
> little service-business :-)))
>
> Many greetings to all wonderful Olympus-people!
> J.M. de Jager
> jagerdjm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
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