Only top cover, bottom cover and trim behind shutter speed ring are
titanium. Main body casting parts are cast aluminum alloy.
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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
Timpe, Jim wrote:
> Titanium is tends to be brittle.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> Stephan Van den Zegel
> Sent: Monday, December 03, 2007 8:39 AM
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [OM] Re: Anyone ever seen one of these?
>
>
>
> Stop telling us such a bad story, I will have nightmares now...
>
> Stephan
>
> I usually find sleep while counting OM3ti jumping a fence...
>
> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] De la part de
> John Hermanson Envoyé : lundi 3 décembre 2007 17:09 À : olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
> Objet : [OM] Re: Anyone ever seen one of these?
>
>
> I got an OM-3Ti in for service that looked pristine until I turned it over.
> Customer had forced a big self-threading screw into the motor drive alignment
> pin hole. He thought the hole was opened bottom and allowing dirt into the
> camera. Well, it wasn't, but he got his wish when he forced the screw in. It
> cracked the inner casting and opened it up. Looked okay from the outside,
> but inside, not so good. He also put a layer of epoxy over the bottom cover
> screws AND and caused hairline cracks in the main body casting (hidden under
> the tripod socket) by knocking the camera while on a tripod. I almost cried.
>
> ___________________________________
> 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
>
>
> Wayne Harridge wrote:
>
>>>That can't be correct. OM-1(n) and OM-2(n) caps won't fit OM-4 series
>>>bodies.
>>>
>>
>>
>>I once bought an OM-2SP body which had an OM-1/2 MD cap forced into
>>the hole - not exactly an elegant solution.
>>
>>...Wayne
>>
>>
>>
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