It looked like the bayonet was almost disengaged, the customer pulled on the
lens, the lip of the mount caught on the lip of the body bayonet and curled
it up like a plastic shaving. Piece of crap.
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John Hermanson
Camtech, Olympus OM Service since 1977
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Skip Williams" <skipwilliamsom@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 11:07 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] on lensmounts
> <vbg> ROFL. Ripped up the mount!? Wow, what a hoot! How wrong can you
> remove a lens?
>
> I'm constantly amazed at the amount of cameras that I see come through my
> local shop in need of repair. Most were dropped, swung against something,
> or have salt/water/storage damage.
>
> In fact I saw an OM-1 which had lots of problems, including very erratic
> SS's. All the body covering panels too were puffed up at the edges and
> coming unstuck. Is that from moisture? or heat?
>
> Skip
>
>
> >From: "John Hermanson" <omtech@xxxxxxxxx>
> >Reply-To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Subject: Re: [OM] on lensmounts
> >Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2001 08:41:18 -0500
> >
> >I saw one of those bodies with a plastic mount, I think it was a P*$#^X
> >Cheap, cheap, cheap. What was wrong with this body? It was at a friends
> >repair shop because the customer took the lens off "wrong" and ripped up
> >the
> >body mount.
> >_________________________________
> >John Hermanson
> >Camtech, Olympus OM Service since 1977
> >631-424-2121 www.zuiko.com
> >Call Olympus for FREE manuals!
> >1-800-221-3000
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> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Sue Pearce" <bspearce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2001 5:44 PM
> >Subject: [OM] on lensmounts
> >
> >
> > > I was more than a little surprised when some of the major
manufacturers
> > > began offering bodies with plastic lens mounts. I remember the good
old
> > > days, when my Nikon and Olympus cameras had big, solid mounts. I even
> >saw
> > > some positives in the Canon breechmount. Now, they began to look like
> > > something made by Mattel.
> > >
> > > Then, I read the story. The market research people, in their never
> >ending
> > > quest to better products the world over, had made a striking
discovery:
> > > since the advent of wide range zooms, the owners of low end models
never
> > > bought any additional lenses, so they had what were, effectively,
fixed
> >lens
> > > cameras. Their motivation for purchasing interchangable lens SLR's
were
> > > along two lines, either they thought they would get better photos,
> >because
> > > that's what pros use, or they were looking for some additional snob
> >value,
> > > but were too cheap or poorly educated to get more upmarket models. In
> >any
> > > event, why spend a few extra pennies per unit when the lens would
never
> >be
> > > removed?
> > >
> > > The sad thing is this: people never got the point of the IS series.
> >Great
> > > cameras with great lenses. Probably better all in all in like
> >situations.
> > > Too bad!
> > >
> > > Bill Pearce
> > >
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