List members may recall that I dunked my OM4T in the
sea last month, then immediately removed the battery
and put it in a pail of fresh water, followed by
overnight on a warm engine block.
Sent it to Camtech hoping for a cleaning, but they
declined to overhaul it since solder points already
had signs of corrosion. No doubt a professional
photographer would be loathe to rely on the body now,
whether cleaned up or not, so I can understand their
hesitancy to 'clean it up' and send it back as a
perfectly good camera.
In any event, it is still fully functional, and close
inspection from the outside with the back and lens off
reveals no obvious corrosion: the camera seems no
worse for the wear, though the mirror has some faint
haze on it. I've run some film through it, but won't
have it back for a couple of days. Shutter speeds seem
to be as metered. The view through the finder appears
undiminished. All lights, switches, and flash sync
seem to be working.
I am wondering if it would be worthwhile to take the
top and/or botton plate off for some judicious
application of electrical grade silicone to electrical
parts that appear to be at risk for continued
corrosion, but lack a guide to doing this for the
OM4t. Perhaps another outfit would do this for me,
with no guarantees of course.
Anyone with ideas on this, I would welcome hearing
them.
Thanks
Chip Stratton
cstrat@xxxxxxxxx
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