When a dunked camera comes into Olympus, it is automatically considered BER
(Beyond economical repair).
John
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----- Original Message -----
From: Samuel Morales <dolphans1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, September 20, 1999 7:40 PM
Subject: [OM] Re: a camera emersed in salt water is gone it will never work
accurately
>
> -----Original Message-----
> 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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