You should clean the body under the peeling corner of leather first.
Applying glue to dirt may not hold. Also, try to get the "memory" out of
the curl first by curling it in reverse. Use brown rubber cement like
Pliobond or Goo.
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John Hermanson www.zuiko.com
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Camtech, Olympus Sales & Service since 1977
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Lovison" <rlovison@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, February 13, 2004 5:48 PM
Subject: [OM] OM4t arrived
>
> I finally received the used OM4t this evening. All I can say is wow! The
> only blemishes on it are a few paint chips on the film memo holder on the
> back door. It looks as if it was barely used. I tested all the functions
> and everything seems to check out... the spot and averaging meters give
the
> same readout as my OM1 and Luna Pro light meters. The "passed" sticker
has
> a date of "91" but I'm not sure if that is a good indication of the
> manufacturing date. The foam seals and mirror foam look ok. Didn't
notice
> any pinholes in the shutter curtain while doing the bright light test. A
> very small corner of the leather is loose on the front. Does anyone have
a
> good recommendation for the type of glue to tack it down? I got a kick
out
> of tripping the shutter in auto mode, indoors with little light, with the
> aperture at f16 and having the shutter time expose for 40 seconds. Gotta
> love that! :)
>
> Can't wait to run some film through it. At the present moment I think I
got a
> heck of a deal for $350... actually more like a gift. :)
>
> Richard
>
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