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Re: [OM] Pinholes in the (OM-1) curtains of night

Subject: Re: [OM] Pinholes in the (OM-1) curtains of night
From: P Bernad <P.Bernad@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2000 15:31:27 +0000 (GMT)
To close pineholes in the curtain what I did time ago with my first camera
(not an olympus, but a quite nice camera) was to apply a bit of nail
varnish. I worked really well.

Pablo

On Tue, 14 Nov 2000, Giles wrote:

> 
> If you could get hold of a tiny quantity of black hypalon rubber paint and 
> apply a minute drop on each hole that would probably do the trick because 
> the paint dries to a a very thin but flexible and tough film.  If you 
> could get it more in the hole than on the curtain, that would probably be 
> preferable.
> 
> Hyplon rubber paint is what Zodiac inflatable boats are coated with.  The 
> problem is the stuff is fairly expensive - if you can find it, and of 
> course you only want a fraction of a drop.  Perhaps you could find 
> somewhere that repairs such boats and could give you some.
> 
> Giles
> 
> 
> Christopher Biggs wrote:
> 
> > My original OM-1 (long time listees may recognize this as the Problem
> > Body From Hell) has developed pinholes in the first shutter curtain. i.e.
> > if I lock the mirror up, wind the shutter, remove lens, open the back and
> > hold the body up to a light, I can see three stars shining in the
> > darkness.
> > 
> > I get guaranteed light damage on shots where I use use mirror lockup, but
> > I haven't noticed damage on normal shots (yet).
> > 
> > Can anything be done?
> > 
> > Zuikoholically yours,
> >                         Chris
> > 
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