Don't worry. Curtains are available, for OM-1, 2 and 2N. Even center
weighted. Meters, shutter escapements, whatever..............
John Hermanson
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Dean" <dean-yoshizumi@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2001 5:24 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] Fwd: Long-term reparability of OM2n?
| Thank you for the clear and detailed report. One way to keep the prices on
| OM bodies and Zuiko lenses would be to keep potential buyers like myself
| from joining the club 8).
|
| At 04:02 PM 11/7/01 -0600, you wrote:
|
| >> What is the long-term reparability of an OM2n? Will these bodies be
readiy
| >> reparable in 10 years? Are all/most parts currently available from
Olympus?
| >> Or, does one have to have a "parts" body just in case?
|
| >4. Occasionally the mode switches "tarnish" beyond salvagability, and
new
| >contacts are no longer available. As above, dead circuits provide parts.
| >
| >Otherwise, there are not alot of problems with the 2n's that are not
| >repairable. Enough of them will die catastrophic deaths to provide
| "donors", I
| >suspect, for the forseeable future. Now if only folks would stop bidding
| them
| >up to unreasonable levels on the auction sites.... ;^)
|
| -dean
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