Even bad prism discoloration can be cleaned off. It's not a perfect
solution but it makes the bad areas almost unnoticeable.
If you're going to swap prisms be sure to seat the prism properly. Prism
has a fine lip on it which must sit on the edge of the frame. If not, prism
face may interfere with meter needle movement.
John Hermanson
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----- Original Message -----
From: <john.oregan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2001 9:33 AM
Subject: Re[2]: [OM] Prism Foam
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|
| >>>>>>>> Mark asked
| When that happens is the camera basically ruined or
| beyond econonmic repair? If not how much does it add
| to the price of the CLA?
| >>>>>>>>>>>>>
|
| I had this problem with an OM1 from Eb*y, although the foam rot was very
| visible in the viewfinder.
|
| I took it, and a broken OM10, to a repairshop here in the UK and asked
them
| to CLA the OM1 and swap in the prism from the '10 which they did at
| _no_extra_charge_. They were surprised that _I_ knew the prisms were
| interchangeable because it certainly doesn't look that way from the
| outside. (Thanks for that info JohnH)
|
| JohnOR
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| (sorry bouth the sig)
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