PoS AF camera from the early 80s.
John Hermanson
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http://www.zuiko.com
Camtech, Olympus Service since 1977.
21 South Lane, Huntington NY 11743-4714
Phone/fax 631-424-2121
Free Olympus Manuals: 1-800-221-3000
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Clemente Colayco" <litefoot@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, March 19, 2001 10:50 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] A1L Flash Unit
| What is the AFL, is this a short lived model?
|
| ----- Original Message -----
| From: John Hermanson <omtech@xxxxxxxxx>
| To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
| Sent: Monday, March 19, 2001 10:44 PM
| Subject: Re: [OM] A1L Flash Unit
|
|
| > Right off of their wonderful AFL design, with the same set of
| > non-replaceable lithium batteries, they were probably anxious to design
| > several things around this new battery technology. Good thing they
| didn't.
| > Dealers HATED the AFL, first for not being able to change the batteries
| > (which wouldn't fix camera breakdowns anyway) and second for no filter
| > threads, so they couldn't sell lens caps or filters for it.
| >
| > John Hermanson
| > ___________________________________
| > http://www.zuiko.com
| > Camtech, Olympus Service since 1977.
| > 21 South Lane, Huntington NY 11743-4714
| > Phone/fax 631-424-2121
| > Free Olympus Manuals: 1-800-221-3000
| > ___________________________________
| > ----- Original Message -----
| > From: "Hans van Veluwen" <hcvanveluwen@xxxxxxxxx>
| > To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
| > Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2001 1:11 PM
| > Subject: Re: [OM] A1L Flash Unit
| >
| >
| > | : The A1L led is read in reverse from your standard ready light.
When
| > the
| > | : led goes out quickly, that means the batteries are good. When it
| stays
| > on
| > | : longer, batteries are weak. CBINMTBDAH (changing battery is not
meant
| > to be
| > | : done at home) ;-)
| > |
| > |
| > | Hmm, not one of Olympus' highlights in technical design, is it? a
flash
| > w/o user
| > | replaceable batteries. Just think of an OM-4 or T32 that needs to be
| sent
| > to an
| > | Olympus service centre when their batteries are empty... ;)
| > |
| > |
| > | hnz
| > |
| >
| >
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