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Re: [OM] Old Camera whoas

Subject: Re: [OM] Old Camera whoas
From: "Bruce Kolber" <bkolber@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 09:42:06 -0400
Thanks!....do you have a website?

Bruce Kolber
St. Petersburg, FL  33715
USA
----- Original Message -----
From: <clintonr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2001 9:33 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] Old Camera whoas


> Hi, Bruce!
>
> I own Photosphere Camera Service in Dallas, an independent Authorized
> Olympus Service Center.  That's all we do -- repair Olympus cameras,
> both warranty and non-warranty.  I used to be Service Manager of the
> Olympus facility in Dallas before it was closed many years ago.
>
> Clint
>
> Bruce Kolber wrote:
> >
> > BTW....I've seen his name mentioned often.....who is Clint?
> > Bruce Kolber
> > St. Petersburg, FL  33715
> > USA
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "John A. Lind" <jlind@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2001 2:07 PM
> > Subject: Re: [OM] Old Camera whoas
> >
> > > At 18:20 5/9/01, Clendon Gibson wrote:
> > > >Recently my non Olympus was declared beyond repair by
> > > >a local camera repair shop.
> > >
> > > Many shops have a flat policy of not working on cameras beyond a
certain
> > > age.  Anything older than that is declared non-repairable.
> > >
> > > If it is something comparable to an OM-1, OM-1n, AE-1[P], etc., there
are
> > > shops that will work on "vintage" cameras.  You just have to find one;
> > > hopefully that specializes in the make/model.  They are around, but
> > there's
> > > not a dearth of them.  Working on the older gear tends to be a
specialty,
> > > as with John H. and Clint who work on the OM's.
> > >
> > > I know of about four or five shops around the U.S. that can still work
on
> > > my 50 year old ZI Contax IIIa.  Several repair shops contacted shortly
> > > after I acquired it told me it has been non-repairable for a long,
long
> > > time.  One went on to tell me it should have been chucked into a
dumpster
> > > decades ago for a "real camera," one that's new and modern [plastic]
with
> > a
> > > googol of features [that I would never use] to do everything for me
except
> > > press the shutter release.  An inquiry among the users of them got the
> > > names of the shops that still repair them.  :)
> > >
> > > -- John
> > >
> > >
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