On Tue, 13 Jul 1999 18:40:32 +0000, Giles wrote:
>Hello dear OM-lovers, I'm new here, but I follow your discussions with
>interest and it helped me a lot. A few day ago I read a thread on the
>heat-resistance of the OM4Ti. Well, I own mine for many years now, (12? 15?)
>and I took it to many parts of this beautiful world. Without any service or
>even serious cleaning it survived: intense cold on high passes in Tibet,
>dusty plains in the west of China and in the Middle East, intense heat in
>many places (you can imagine, let me name a few: Turpan, Death Valley..
>enough?), sprays of seawater on the Galapagos, damp air and rain in tropical
>forests. I dropped it (not on purpose, I love my camera!!!) from a driving
>truck! "No pictures, this year," I thought, and that was eight years ago.
I'm glad to hear I can count on my OM-4T (I've only had it 6 months
or so) to last as long as my OM-1n (1980) and OM-10 (1979). Should we
all compare abuse stories (mine involve a long drop off a cliff and a
night frozen to a water tower),or is it just too much to bear?
>Talking about servicing camera's yourself. I wouldn't do it, unless... I
>serviced a lens, though...
<snip>
> But I succeeded in cleaning and even decent reassembling, and
>of course I'm proud. I left one little spring, but that was not too serious.
They put way too many parts in there anyhow - an extra spring or
screw left over is nothing to worry about!
;)
BBB
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