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Re: [OM] OM4Ti Failure

Subject: Re: [OM] OM4Ti Failure
From: frieder.faig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2002 14:03:13 +0100
On Sat, Jan 19, 2002 at 12:49:25PM -0800, M. Royer wrote:
> Hmmm. That seems to be a general wekness of the
> OM-4(ti). I have to reseat the battery occasionally on
> my OM-4. I can defiitely understand your
> disappointment though. The OM-4(ti), for all its
> advanced featurs, is not the most reliable OM body.

Sure more you have, more can fail. And the OM 4 contains 
a lot of technique, especially, regarding to, when it was desiged. 

>. My uncle got a Nikon F3 that gave him no
> end of trouble, the hand winder jammed often. The
> killer came when he bought a new MD4, set it to
> continuos and tried shooting his kids basketball game.
> The camera nearly exploded when a part broke in the
> internal machinery and tore up the innards of the
> thing. So lemons are definitely not unknown in the
> camera world.

Autch. This reminds me to a AF wonderbrick, which 
almost started to burn with the first roll of film
, because of a short-circuit. Sure it was replaced with
a good one.
This are the flaws of electronics...there is only one 
way to divide the good from the bad ones, and you`ll
never know it before.

Frieder Faig


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