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Re: [OM] OM-10 with missing shoe

Subject: Re: [OM] OM-10 with missing shoe
From: Thomas Heide Clausen <omlist@xxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2003 14:54:27 +0200
On Thu, 7 Aug 2003 13:32:23 +0100
"Piers Hemy" <piers@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Sorry, my tongue-in-cheek recursive p***-take was a bit unclear.
> 
> You got one dirt cheap OM-10, but now you need another to make it
> perfect.
> 
> That is how we all started - and we thought it was controllable.
> 
> It ain't.

Yes it is. We can stop any time we want...we just don't want to stop
:)

> 
> That's the club I meant.
> 
> And if I see a suitable OM-10, I'll be sure to let you know.  But
> it won't be as cheap as the one you already have, I reckon.
> 

Just a question: does the OM10 in question function fine otherwise?
If so, then I recommend just forgetting the flash-option and using it
with natural light only. The hole can probably be covered by duct
tape or some such thing (if I suggest filling it with metal paste or
epoxy, Clint and John H. will start throwing things at me, I am
sure... *gg*)

--thomas

> Piers
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Andrew L
> Wendelborn Sent: 07 August 2003 12:12
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [OM] OM-10 with missing shoe
> 
> 
> >Re the missing winder cap, I fear it's baaad baaaaaad news, there
> >ain't no way to replace that (even *with* a lot of difficulty).
> >
> >OM-10 don't have [no stinkin'] winder caps!
> 
> 
> Whoops, caught out there! I guess if I've just confessed to
> actually having a manual I should --- RT*M.  Which I just did.
> 
> >
> >Can't say re the accessory shoe Andrew, but it seems to me you
> >need to be looking for a cheap (maybe jammed) OM-10 to
> >cannibalize... Join the club!
> >;-)
> >
> 
> 
> Such is life -- thought I'd try  ...
> 
> thanks
> 
>   Andrew
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  M.Sc in Computer Engineering

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