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From: Dirk Wright <wright@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Monday, September 20, 1999 2:09 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] OM4T that took a salt bath - update
A camera emersed in salt water is history. The mere fact that it fires is a
miracle. I would sell it on ebay and perhaps you can get $200.00 for it ,
take the money and buy a mint to excellent for around $600.00.
There are thousand of parts inside and it would be tuff to find a legitamate
camera repair outfit that would stand behind the repair because they would
know the camera would not operate reliablly over time. That is why Olympus
puts an Angel in the instuction manual explaining the do's and don'ts of
camera's , in reference to exposure to water , etc , etc.
>On Mon, 20 Sep 1999, Chip Stratton wrote:
>>
>> 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.
>>
>
>The silicone would be worse than the water dunk. That stuff tends to get
>everywhere. If all the salt water was rinsed off, then there should be no
>further corrosion problems. I'm talking in generalites, since I've never
>repaired cameras. But, I would think that the most important thing would
>be to make sure all the salt is removed, which I assume would require
>complete dissasembly and cleaning. You could call Olympus for advice.
>
>Be Seeing You.
>
>Dirk Wright
>
>
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