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[OM] Re: OM-1n Maintenance Questions

Subject: [OM] Re: OM-1n Maintenance Questions
From: "Larry Powers" <lapowers57@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 12:32:35 -0500
Already checked out your site.  As soon as I pick up a second camera body I 
will be sending you this one.

>From: "John Hermanson" <omtech@xxxxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
>To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: [OM] Re: OM-1n Maintenance Questions
>Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 10:03:55 -0500
>
>
>And you probably have the same mushy foam pressing against the pentaprism
>under the top cover. If that foam isn't removed, it will eat through the
>prism paint and coating, and eventually show in the finder as large
>green/black blotches.
>
>John Hermanson
>Camtech Photo Services, Inc.
>21 South Lane, Huntington, NY, 11743-4714,
>631-424-2121, www.zuiko.com
>Olympus OM Service since 1977
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Gary Edwards" <zuikowarriors@xxxxxxxxx>
>To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 9:58 PM
>Subject: [OM] Re: OM-1n Maintenance Questions
>
>
> >A CLA is usually a good idea every 25 years or so ;-)
> >
> > None of my shutter curtains have deteriorated and I have 2 OM-1s that 
>date
> > back to about '77.  With regular attention by John or Clint they should
> > last as long as the comonly consumed parts hold out.  No telling what 
>that
> > will be, but there are donor cameras.
> >
> > Gary Edwards
> >
> > Larry Powers <lapowers57@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > I have an OM-1n that I picked up a few years ago. I am just now starting
> > to
> > use it seriously and have a couple of questions about keeping it alive.
> > Pictures taken with the camera look OK so I am trying to do preventative
> > maintenance at this point.
> >
> > I have mushy light seals and have found info in the archive about 
>removing
> > and replacing these as well as the mirror foam.
> >
>
>
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