Every time I change film in my OM10 -not so often these days :( - I have
to reposition the hinge foam... It's been like that since it was
serviced by an Adelaide repairer around when I joined the list back in
2000! It seems the pressure makes it creep out.
davidt
On Thu, Mar 01, 2007 at 09:22:03AM -0500, John Hermanson wrote:
>
> I've seen a lot of OM-10 & G where the hinge foam adhesive fails and the
> foam just slides out of position. In some cases, I think the user sees
> it, pulls it off and throws it away.
>
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>
> Daniel Sepke wrote:
> > Lukasz,
> >
> > The foam used on more recent OM's was a self adhesive type that comes loose
> > much easier than the stuff used in the 70's. I have received several OM-10's
> > and OM-G's with the foam either gone or seriously out of place.
> >
> > Not to worry though as it is easy to replace at home. John Hermanson
> > actually has precut kits for various OM's so I would suggest you drop him an
> > email.
> >
> > Dan S.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> > Of Lukasz Grabun
> > Subject: [OM] Re: OM-G lightleaks
> >
> > On Wed, 28 Feb 2007 14:51:56 +0100, John Hermanson <omtech1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Without seeing it, it's hard to guess. I'll stick with missing hinge
> >>foam.
> >
> >
> > There is no hinge foam. And - since the sprocket are (now I know what you
> > meant!) is very clean with no signs of glue and whatnot - it looks as if
> > there has never been any foam. OTOH, there's such a thing in OM-2n I own :-(
> >
> > Do OM-Gs have a hinge foam and mine is missing?
> > --
> > ?ukasz Grabu?
> > http://grabun.com/
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