That's Clint of Photosphere in Dallas, TX.
John Hermanson
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruce Kolber" <bkolber@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2001 7:29 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] Old Camera whoas
| 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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