On Tue, 21 Sep 1999 06:45:54 -0400 (EDT), *- DORIS FANG -*
<sfsttj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
>On Tue, 21 Sep 1999, LARS BUNDESEN wrote:
>
>> I have recently got an OM 3 I bought thru ebay auctions. I paid only c. 200
>> $ for it, because the seller says it eats a set of batteries in 2 days.
>> Otherwise it seems to work OK. I haven't run a film thru it yet.
>> I would like to know if any of you have had a similar problem and if you
>> know what causes this.
>
> The circuits going bad, and replacing them (if they are available at
>all at this point, and I think John Hermanson said they no longher were)
>is pretty expensive. OTOH, you could use a manual meter...
>
> *= Doris Fang =*
I have had the same problems with an OM-3, and Olympus said the camera
was beyond repair - probably a euphemism for 'lack of parts' although
I didn't realize at that time.
But the manual meter is a good option indeed: I sold the camera for
$250 (not through eBay!!!) together with a Lunsasix 3....
Frank van Lindert
Utrecht NL.
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