Ouch!
--- On Tue, 9/16/08, John Hermanson <omtech1@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: John Hermanson <omtech1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [OM] repairing the STF-22
> To: "olympus@xxxxxxxxxx" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Tuesday, September 16, 2008, 8:38 AM
> Seems Olympus does not stock ANY repair parts for the STF-22
> twin flash
> macro setup. A doctor called me the other day. He said he
> had sent
> this unit to Olympus in Hauppauge NY for service, they sent
> it back
> telling him to buy a new one. It's a current product,
> $630 at B&H. One
> of the shoe mounts on the lens ring broke off. So I got a
> parts pdf
> from a third party (olympus makes it hard to get parts
> lists for
> accessories) and tried to order 7-8 different parts for
> this unit
> through Olumpus edesk. ALL come back "unavailable or
> discontinued".
> Boy this guy was PISSED.
>
> Maybe if someone from olympus is lurking here, they'll
> do something
> about this.
>
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