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Subject: Re: [OM] WTB: Junker 85-250 Zuiko
From: "John A. Lind" <jlind@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2002 22:44:47 -0500
At 09:51 4/10/02, you wrote:
Well, we can take heart in knowing that Leicas and Contaxes built in the '30s still work today, and that anything mechanical can always be duplicated (by the right person, for a price, and as long as you have the part that failed or a second body from which to take the part's measurements.) Hmmm... guess I'll need to pick up an OM-1 or 1n soon!

Ed Senior

Yup. Got one from the mid-50's and it's still chugging along. Shows a little age, but not much, except for a few scuffs on the never-ready semi-hard case which is still in decent condition. Shutter speeds are still very accurate (except 1/1250th which was never 100% accurate even when new, but close enough to work). It was definitely designed and built *before* the concepts of programmed obsolesence and a "throw-away society" were widely embraced.

-- John


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