I'm surprised to hear that. I thought Photoshere was loaded with extra
parts as they were once an Olympus owned shop.
John Hermanson
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Gary Edwards" <garyetx@xxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2000 8:41 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] om gear life expectancy.....
| Excellent advice, Gary. Before I found John H., I had an OM-1 repaired by
| Photosphere. Even 5 years ago, they had to cannibalize to get a
replacement
| part for the rewind linkage.
|
| Gary Edwards
|
| ----- Original Message -----
| From: Gary Reese <pcacala@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
| To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
| Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2000 11:32 AM
| Subject: Re: [OM] om gear life expectancy.....
|
|
| > Dirk W. writes:
| >
| > << I just pray that John H. has a good stockpile of parts for my
| > cameras....I should start collecting parts cameras I suppose, assuming I
| > could get good deals on them. >>
| >
| > I keep carcasses around to provide parts to cannabalize. The most common
| > reason that a local repair technician won't handle a repair is the
| > unavailability of or difficulty in getting a part. Even calling Olympus
| > America Parts Department is a time hassel these days. If anyone wants
| > to use their OM's till the day they die, I think picking up some
| > carcasses is a very good insurance policy.
| >
| > Gary Reese
| > Las Vegas, NV
| >
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