So is a meter broken by impact generally not a repairable problem, or can
something be done to resuscitate an OM in this condition?
Roger
-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Couch <jamesbcouch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 29 January 2002 02:00
Subject: Re: [OM] Irony of discontinuing of the OM series
>Not to worry, my original OM-1 was taken climbing, backpacking, and bounced
>around in a bicycle bag for many years. I do have to admit that the
'fragile'
>meter finally did stop working. I really don't quite understand it, it
really
>wasn't that big of a drop, probably under fifty feet or so! Seriously my
>first OM-1 was 'used hard and put away wet' as the phrase goes, and it was
a
>35-40 foot drop that killed the meter. Also put a goodly sized dent in the
>corner of the top plate. Other than the meter the camera functioned fine
for
>many a year afterwards.
>
>Jim Couch
>
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