Has anyone tried the cement sold in auto stores for reattaching the rearview
mirror to the windshield?
Bruce Kolber
St. Petersburg, FL 33715
USA
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Sent: Saturday, June 30, 2001 8:56 PM
Subject: [OM] OM2 Spot Program - new problem class?
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> Dear List,
>
> Yesterday I returned an OM2SP to the camera shop where I bought it on the
> 9/6/2000. It had only been 20 days and I must admit I had fired the
shutter
> over a thousand times just to hear that lovely sound it makes. I loaded it
> with film yesterday to shoot some of the scenery outside my place.
>
> I framed up the scene I was going to take in a vertical fashion and the
> view went dark all of a sudden! I put the camera horizontal and the view
> returned. I removed the lens to find that the mirror was free of its frame
> and could be moved by simply moving the camera body! I was so glad I
didn't
> press the shutter like I was going to, doing perhaps untold damage.
>
> I would imagine the mirrors on the 3 & 4 are the same being half mirrored
> etc. Is this a common problem? Apparently the previous owner had used the
> camera in very cold environments. The shop expert thought the glues may
> have become brittle and come loose because of it. He offered me free
repair
> or a refund. I decided on a refund even though he assured me two dollops
of
> glue would hold it back in place for another 20 years.
>
> Has anyone else faced this mirror problem?
>
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