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Re: [OM] Old Camera whoas

Subject: Re: [OM] Old Camera whoas
From: clintonr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 08:33:31 -0500
Hi, Bruce!

I own Photosphere Camera Service in Dallas, an independent Authorized
Olympus Service Center.  That's all we do -- repair Olympus cameras,
both warranty and non-warranty.  I used to be Service Manager of the
Olympus facility in Dallas before it was closed many years ago.

Clint

Bruce Kolber wrote:
> 
> BTW....I've seen his name mentioned often.....who is Clint?
> Bruce Kolber
> St. Petersburg, FL  33715
> USA
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John A. Lind" <jlind@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2001 2:07 PM
> Subject: Re: [OM] Old Camera whoas
> 
> > At 18:20 5/9/01, Clendon Gibson wrote:
> > >Recently my non Olympus was declared beyond repair by
> > >a local camera repair shop.
> >
> > Many shops have a flat policy of not working on cameras beyond a certain
> > age.  Anything older than that is declared non-repairable.
> >
> > If it is something comparable to an OM-1, OM-1n, AE-1[P], etc., there are
> > shops that will work on "vintage" cameras.  You just have to find one;
> > hopefully that specializes in the make/model.  They are around, but
> there's
> > not a dearth of them.  Working on the older gear tends to be a specialty,
> > as with John H. and Clint who work on the OM's.
> >
> > I know of about four or five shops around the U.S. that can still work on
> > my 50 year old ZI Contax IIIa.  Several repair shops contacted shortly
> > after I acquired it told me it has been non-repairable for a long, long
> > time.  One went on to tell me it should have been chucked into a dumpster
> > decades ago for a "real camera," one that's new and modern [plastic] with
> a
> > googol of features [that I would never use] to do everything for me except
> > press the shutter release.  An inquiry among the users of them got the
> > names of the shops that still repair them.  :)
> >
> > -- John
> >
> >
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