When a camera is dropped hard enough to crack a body casting (and it WAS
dropped), all body focus dimensions change, also the rest of the body can
be twisted. That can't be fixed. Installing a "replacement " casting is
very time consuming, especially if it's a bare casting where all parts have
to be transferred over from the old casting.
I recently got an OM-2 with bad impact. I put a screwdriver in the slot by
the self timer, between the bottom cover and front casting. When I twist
the screwdriver, a large gap opens up along the edge running vertically next
to the self timer lever. That gap shouldn't be there, it should be one
piece of metal. Another tip off was the large space (2 mm) between the
front shutter speed dial gear and the mating gear under the circuit board.
All in all, you have a more reliable camera if you just buy a replacement
camera. BTW, I only look at Olympus cameras. And even with an Olympus bod,
if it's cracked, it's finished.
John Hermanson
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Clendon Gibson" <bsandyman@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2001 9:12 AM
Subject: [OM] Old camera whoas continued.
| There where so many questions by so many people I
| thought I would address them to the list.
|
| The camera that is beyond repair is a Canon FTb, known
| to some as a wonderbrick. It is a family hand me down.
| My chief interest in it is that I have a lot of
| accesories for this body, including a bellows.
|
| The beyond repair damage apparently is a crack in the
| aluminum approximatly where the lens attaches. (I have
| not seen the crack myself. I go to pick up the camera
| over the weekend. To avoid the downtown traffic.)
|
| Apparently getting the replacement part is not such a
| big deal. The big deal is the precision alignment that
| is required to get the lens mount parallel to the film
| plane. The dollar value $1000 was kicked around. As
| fresh bodies of this model run $300 for EX+, that
| wasn't the way to go.
|
| Johnsonpa@xxxxxxx made a good point about which modern
| camera, or plastic cyberbrick I thought was going to
| be a life long investment.
|
| I really don't know. The only recent camera I have
| played with is a Canon Rebel, and besides feeling
| cheap because of the light plastic body, it's controls
| in manual mode where difficult for me to use.
|
| Some other posts on the list indicate that Olympus 4
| series might be a good switch.
|
| Last thing. Several posts indicated I should get a
| second opinion through John. Is there a web site or
| e-mail where I can pursue that line? Thanks!
|
|
|
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