It is very common for the rewind knob spring to be put in upside down by
those who don't have a lot of service experience with those models. They
think the tab should press against the rewind handle, when it is really
supposed to face down.
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
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Craig Roberts" <croberts@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2001 3:07 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] Qualifying local camera service for Olympus
| Parzival asked: "...what risks I would be running vis-a-vis sending the
| camera away to say Camtech."
|
|
| Well, since Olympus cameras are...as you say...somewhat rare, it's
unlikely
| you'd find a local shop with Olympus service experience. I'd just send it
| to John Hermanson to begin with. I wish the former owner of my most
| recently acquired OM had.
|
| A few weeks ago I bought an OM-2 that had been "serviced" by a
| non-specialist camera shop (the repair number was marked in the film
| chamber). The back and mirror foam had been replaced okay, but the camera
| just didn't feel right and had a couple of annoying "glitches" like a
| "floppy" film rewind knob. I sent it to John so he could check it out.
| Sure enough, according to John, a couple of film rewind components had
been
| re-installed inverted by the previous repair tech and there were other
signs
| of "tampering".
|
| It costs a little time and money to have the service done right, but it's
| worth it. I wouldn't worry too much about the trans-border exchanges,
| either. I just bought some Leica stuff from folks in Singapore and Italy.
| No problems!
|
|
| Craig Roberts
| Boston
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