acetic acid is found in drugstores... it is the main component of
traditional stopbath...
don't touch anything near the shutter curtains ... just clean the lens
mount...
for the selftimer... the two little holes are used to open the screw...
(attention the metal is fragile...) by the way it unscrews the wrong way
round... screwing is unscrewing...
If the prism is oxidised or desilvered then try to find another OM1 body...
there are so many on ebay... and some times they come with good surprise...
(so you will have an old one to play with... screwing and unscrewing...)
I saw some very nice example on european ebays... (german, belgian...
dutch...)
good luck
(for the little XA, I like it very much without the flash... more practical
than the minox GT...)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Wayne Culberson" <waynecul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 11:06 PM
Subject: [OM] Re: om1 came
> Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 20:16:20 +0100
> From: "Stephan VAN DEN ZEGEL" <svandenzegel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [OM] om1 came
>
> >the XA (a true XA not the 2,3,4...) is a very pleasant camera... and >the
> >lens is as far as I have something to say as good as the normal mju...
>but
> >without autofocus you know what's infocus... I think it is worth the
>full
> >75$ you spent... (I was offered a little bit more than 100 $ for a mint
>one
> >with the box and the flash...)
> >so be happy... and enjoy...
>
> >for the om1... just open the screw of the selftimer and fix it again
>(not so
> >easy...but strictly feasable)... usually it works perfectly
>afterwards... if
> >the leatherette is worn, put a new leather on... (see morgan sparks
> >site...)... and for the shoe... change it or find the original cover...
>
> >good luck...
>
> >nothing to do with the 50... not expensive enough to clean it... and
>keep it
> >away from your other stuff... By the way clean all contact parts of the
>body
> >so that it doesn't spread... use acetic acid... it kills fungus... so
>says
> >my lenses repair shop...
>
>
> >- ----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Wayne Culberson" <waynecul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> It is the XA, not the 2,3 or 4, and it was thrown in free, and totally
> unexpected. I've been playing with it, and reading about it on the web,
> and I think it is the best of the 2 cameras. I can't find anything at
> all wrong with it, flash works, even the self timer works. The sender
> said it needed to be calibrated, but I'm not sure what could be off with
> it. Maybe someone here knows. The light meter reads the same as my other
> cameras, and the focus distance seems to be about right. Shutter sounds
> fine at slow and fast speeds.
> Concerning using the acetic acid on the om1, is there a common brand
> name that I can recgonize this stuff by? Or will common household bleach
> work to kill fungus? How far does a person need/dare go with this stuff
> around cameras? (I'm just discarding the lens)
> I'm not sure how to start with the self timer. I don't see a screw,
> just 2 tiny holes on the front face of the lever.
> I got the focusing screen out, and cleaned off some dirt from
> everything, but there is still that brownish spot that is likely
> desilvering.
> Wayne Culberson
>
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