Can either Clint or John see if our much sought after lens elements for the
65 - 200 or 35 - 70 F3.6 are on the list? On the 65 - 200 there is that rear
element that often gets hazy, on the 35 -70 there is a back compound element
that suffers from element separation
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Hermanson" <omtech@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2003 8:42 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] Oly parts
> Sorry, don't have any. (that's LC0170, right?)
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <clintonr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2003 6:02 PM
> Subject: Re: [OM] Oly parts
>
>
> > I've got to echo John here -- I bought all I could justify, too, and
> > that wasn't all that much. We're just fortunate (as someone said) that
> > they weren't just dumped, like Oly/US did.
> >
> > The problem with stocking repair parts is that you never know for sure
> > what you'll need. I've got thousands of dollars tied up in parts that I
> > doubt I'll ever use, and order $1000 more a month -- and it's still not
> > enough!
> >
> > I'm sure that 99.90f what's here will never be needed. The sad thing,
> > though, is that if you need a part, you _need_ it, even if it is just a
> > once in a life-time thing. Like a spring that goes flying, or a lever
> > that breaks, or a diaphragm blade that looses it's pin. If you can't
> > find a "dead" body to salvage....
> >
> > Which reminds me -- anyone have a spare rear lens group for a 35 RD?
> > ;^)
> >
> > Clint
> >
> >
> > John Hermanson wrote:
> > >
> > > If sent back to Olympus Japan, they would put them in the crusher.
> They'd
> > > never use them. The philosophy is, move on, buy new product, don't
fix
> > > something old. Clint and I (and others) heartily disagree.
> > >
> > > (BTW, I cherry picked what I wanted from that list about a month ago,
> > > anyway, and even after that, there were 278 OM-1 black battery caps
left
> > > ((or so I was told)).
> >
>
>
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