Sounds like a used body that has serious problems and has not had any recent
work done on it. The old foam is a tip-off.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Ross Orr" <voxbongo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, January 30, 2004 3:26 PM
Subject: [OM] Auction Woe
> Hi all,
>
> I wonder if I could ask for the collective wisdom of the group on how
> to proceed with an auction that seems to have gone wrong on me.
>
> I'm quite new to e Bay, and joined specifically to pick up some OM
> gear. I won an auction for an OM-2N where the seller represented that
> the camera had "recent servicing with focus, shutter speeds, and
> meter perfect, and new foam light seals."
>
> The camera looks decent outwardly (though someone has cheesily
> repainted over chipped paint on the reminder frame). But the foam
> didn't really look new to me--it actually looked a bit tired
> (flattened but not crumbling).
>
> Worse, my test roll seemed to show that the higher shutter speeds
> were lagging seriously and overexposing. Slow speeds and long
> auto-exposures were OK.
>
> I carefully shot a second test roll using fresh Duracell 76S
> batteries, kept the camera scrupulously warm (a challenge at 16
> degrees out!), tried different lenses, etc. Same result. (I was
> shooting my gray porch floor in diffused light, checking e.g. if
> 1/1000 at f/2.8 gave the same negative density as 1/125 at f/8, 1/30
> at f/16, etc.)
>
> My current theory is that whether on manual or auto, the shutter is
> topping out at 1/60 or 1/125, no matter what higher speed is
> selected. That is certainly the way the shutter sounds. (I have a
> good 2N here for comparison.)
>
> I also tried connecting a generic non-auto flash to the PC socket,
> and looking into the back of the camera as I fired the shutter at
> various manual speeds. Even set at 1/1000 the entire frame was
> illuminated. Can someone remind me whether a 2N set on manual
> automatically senses a flash connected to the PC socket and limits
> the shutter to 1/60?
>
> (I didn't want to take film out of my good 2N to test that; but on
> manual that camera happily fired the flash at the beginning of a 1/2
> sec exposure.)
>
> All my communications from the seller have been a little terse, and
> he did not respond to a quick note saying "I think I have a problem,
> let me get back to you." Naturally I am starting to experience some
> bad vibes here. Any hard-won suggestions on how best to open
> negotiations with him?
>
> Is this a common symptom for a 2N?
>
> Any guesstimates on what a fix would cost?
>
> Thanks for listening,
>
>
>
> --Ross
>
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