I'm the middle man, camera came in thru ebay, being shipped to new owner
in India. Considering all the trouble involved just getting paid for
this job, I hesitate to get more involved.
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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
Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> Yes, I was wondering how that much damage had occurred. Maybe John
> should inquire of the customer about the flash (and whether there's
> anything left of it). :-)
>
> Dr. Flash (boo hoo, boo hoo, RIP little flash)
>
> Tim Hughes wrote:
>
>>John,
>> Interesting find and picture. The energy stored in the trigger
>> capacitor, in even the oldest
>>of old high voltage flashes, is not nearly enough to do this sort of damage.
>>I can only guess the
>>bleed resistor to the main capacitor from the trigger capacitor in the flash
>>shorted
>> and he dumped in the full 50Joules or so?
>>
>>Tim Hughes
>>
>>
>>--- John Hermanson <omtech1@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>FYI, thought some of you may be interested. Here are 2 pics of an OM-1 I
>>>just started for a customer in India. She bought it blind through
>>>ebay...gulp. Flash safety switch is melted, don't know what the main
>>>contacts look like yet.
>>>
>>>http://www.zuiko.com/index_003.htm
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>___________________________________
>>>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
>>>
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