If it were me, I'd send it to a place like Camtech or Photosphere in the
USA for an estimate. If you want to *know* -- one way or the other --
that's the way to find out. The camera sounds like it's dirty and abused.
I probably wouldn't send it for an estimate if I weren't also prepared to
spend the full amount for CLA as long as it is going to be in the shop.
The light seals are pretty easy to do. John H. has a step-by-step at
http://www.zuiko.com.
The 2-series screens and Beatties are both bright. My recollection is that
some people like one or the other better, but I don't think it has been
established that one is actually brighter than the other.
Joel Wilcox
Iowa City, Iowa USA
At 11:00 AM 2/3/2000 +0200, you wrote:
>Dear All
>
>I have an OM2SP (green) which I bought in London, UK, used. I'm wondering
>whether to junk it because of its ills and the prohibitively high cost of
>repair. It looks well worn and has one dent on the left side of the top
>plate. It developed a light leak last year causing a diagonal streak across
>the negative when the lens cap/lens had been removed. Also, the wind-on
>mechanism slipped in cold weather and the wind-on release knob grommet fell
>off. I had these attended to by a repair shop in Finland (112US$) but now I
>can see the light leak slightly with a fast film (800 ASA) when I allow
>direct sun into the lens mount. I see that 'Olympus Guy' is selling OM
>light seal repair kits and wondered whether anyone has had experience of
these.
>
>Also, the shutter speed ring has recently become stiff. It turns but
>sometimes with difficulty. I wondered if there might be some grit in the
>ring and whether I could just unscrew the lens mount and try to clean it
>myself. Would it all explode, releasing a myriad of unreplaceable springs
>and levers?
>
>I actually quite like having a tatty OM body because I dont worry so much
>about it being stolen (like my original OM kit) but I want it to work and I
>hate throwing things away.
>
>Are the Beattie screens brighter than the OM 2 series ones (sorry if this is
>an old chestnut but I couldn't find the info, even in the FAQ)?
>
>Any opinions?
>
>Robin M. Allen
>
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