I get the occasional repair from Australian folks. If you can't find
service there, I'd be happy to do it for you.
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John Hermanson
Camtech Photo Services, Inc.
21 South Lane, Huntington NY 11743
631-424-2121 | Olympus OM Service since 1977
http://www.zuiko.com | omtech1 AT verizon.net
Moose wrote:
> Brent wrote:
>
>>Hi everyone,
>>
>>My name is Brent, 31 yrs old, living in Sydney Australia.
>>
>
> Excellent! Welcome to the funny farm.
>
>>P.S. the light meter on my OM-1 is about 6 stops out (using 1.35V
>>hearing aid batteries) - should I bother trying to get this fixed (is
>>it likely to be an easy fix?)
>
> Here I disagree somewhat with Cris. Yes, you can get another camera for
> the price of an overhaul/CLA, but what problems might it have? The OM-1
> is an old mechanical thingie, and things get old and worn, lubricants
> dry up and/or migrate over all those years. I don't know if there is a
> suitable repair place in Oz, no doubt our other Aussie members will pipe
> up on that. The best solution may be to send it to John Hermanson of
> this list, who is a crackerjack, factory trained OM repair person.
>
> John has done many, many CLAs and repairs for list members and is very
> highly regarded. The diffrenece between the feel and operation of a body
> he has CLAed and a perfectly 'good' body that has never been tuned up is
> simply night and day. You can see details at his site. <http://zuiko.com/>
>
>>, or should I just go old fashioned and find a good hand-held light meter /
>>"sunny 16"?
>
> My primary OM-1 is one with a John H. CLA, so you know where I stand.
> Feel and hear it as it was meant to be. And incidently, get an accurate,
> working light meter that has been internally converted to use regular
> silver oxide batteries.
>
> Moose
>
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