At 11:11 AM 6/3/99 -0700, you wrote:
>question 1: my beloved, but old and tired 24/2 is, well, old and tired.
>after being dropped into the water, the front elements are looking a little
>cloudy, the aperature is sticky, etc. etc. i have had the lens cleaned and
>oiled, etc. but the lens is getting tired. so, is sending a lens to olympus
>america for refurbishing a good option? can they replace lens elements that
>are streaked\ cloudy? and are their costs prohibitive?
Call them and get an estimate. Also try John H at zuiko.com
>
>
>question 2: has anyone owning an OM-4 ever found that the batteries can
>actually be "DEAD" before the battery tester indicates?
No. It takes battery power to run the battery test circuit.
specifically, this
>last weekend, i was shooting with an OM-4 using the self timer, and about
>1/2 way through the 10 second timer cycle, the camera shutter would lock up
>and the self timer beeper would stop. then i have to reset the camera by
>moving the shutter speed ring to "B". so, i know the self timer takes a lot
>of battery power, but shouldn't the battery test tell me that there is
>enough "Juice" to power the self timer?????
Did you hold the test button on for at least 5 seconds?
>
>thanks, james.
>
>
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