Welcome to the list. All questions are welcome. I bet all your bodies
can be put back into primo working order. The OM-G really is not so bad
if it has been set up properly. Please visit my OM Service website if
you are interested.
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John Hermanson
Camtech Photo Services, Inc.
21 South Lane, Huntington NY 11743
631-424-2121 | Olympus OM Service since 1977
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Melanie Chang wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I'm a rangefinder user who recently got interested in OM SLRs because
> of their excellent build quality and handling similarities to my
> favorite camera, a Leica M3. Unfortunately, I've had a bit of bad
> luck with the OM bodies I've purchased and was wondering if anyone
> might have some advice for me.
>
> The first, a chrome OM-1 I found at a camera show for $25 (with
> 50/1.8 silvernose lens) suffered a jammed film advance/shutter about
> halfway through the first roll. It's extremely clean and in almost
> perfect cosmetic condition. I have attempted taking off the bottom
> plate and repositioning the gears near the battery compartment, but
> it didn't work (I may have been doing this incorrectly -- I am not
> afraid to do mechanical things but I don't do them often).
>
> Then I received a beautiful black OM-1n as a gift. It appears to be
> in perfect working order (and I just got the first roll back from
> it), except that the frame counter does not work. It remains set at
> "E" even as you advance the film. This is more an annoyance than
> anything else but if there is any way to fix this I'd be much obliged
> to hear about it. I'll never be able to keep track of what frame I'm
> on without the counter.
>
> The third OM body I have is an OM-G (OM-20) I received essentially as
> a freebie with a Vivitar 28-210mm macro zoom lens. The camera show
> seller considered it a rear cap for the lens and sold me the whole
> shebang for $10 because, he said, "it isn't a very good camera."
> Ironically this is the one body I have that is working flawlessly.
> OK, it doesn't have the build quality of the OM-1 and the shutter
> sounds a bit plastic and floppy, but hey, it takes pictures just fine
> and the meter is bang on.
>
> Shameless camera pr0n shots of my OMs are here:
>
> http://www.pbase.com/miranc/image/70076095
> http://www.pbase.com/miranc/image/70076094
> http://www.pbase.com/miranc/image/70076379
>
> And some shots from my first OM rolls are here:
>
> http://www.pbase.com/miranc/image/69889518
> http://www.pbase.com/miranc/image/69889520
>
> I'm pretty smitten with these cameras (although I never thought I'd
> say that about SLRs, I'll admit) and I'd love to get the OM-1 bodies
> back in perfect running order. They are so solid and beautifully
> made and a pleasure to handle.
>
> Thanks and nice to meet you, Melanie
>
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