In a message dated 7/15/01 10:31:42 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
pcacala@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
If there was ever a question that dealer's don't necessary know what
I went into a local pro-level retail store in San Diego recently. I asked
about Oly stuff. Dripping with condescension the clerk, a man in his 50s,
pointed to the "junk" shelf and said the "junk" is over there. Smelling
blood I looked closely. Among the other items of "junk" was a black OM-2 in
E+ cosmetic condition. Clerk said the shutter and mirror are jammed, not
worth fixing. I offered $45 for it and after a whispered conference with a
manager they sold it to me for $50.00. I bought two SR44 batteries which I
installed at the store after having paid for both camera and batteries. Used
the reset procedure and, golly gee, the mirror snapped into place and the
shutter fired at all speeds. The look of chagrin on the face of the two
wonderbrick experts was delicious to behold.
Dave D