Didn't stop this one getting through, John! Thanks for the update, and the
photo - although that doesn't convey the inconvenience of no power for 12
days. Glad to hear that you managed to find a decent generator, I make do
with a 1500kVA just to run the oil heating when the power fails.
Now, are you ready for winter...
Piers
-----Original Message-----
From: John Hermanson [mailto:omtech1@xxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: 14 November 2012 12:10
To: Olympus Camera Discussion
Subject: Re: [OM] LensRentals.com - Lensrentals Repair Data: January - July
2012
I posted this a few days ago:
"Good to be back. Power was out for 12 days. Two trees down on our
property, a third leaning at 30 degrees over our patio. One old pine tree
fell where I would normally park my car. We got lots of usage from our LED
AA powered flashlights and then invested in a 7000 watt generator.
I've attached a small pic though I don't know if it'll go through. "
That kept the message from going through (limit 40K).
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John Hermanson | CPS, Inc.
21 South Ln., Huntington NY 11743
631-424-2121 | www.zuiko.com
Olympus OM Service since 1977
Gallery: www.zuiko.com/album/index.html
On 11/13/2012 6:15 PM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> Hey, I'm glad to see you're here. I was concerned you were without
> power after Sandy. I checked the Long Island Power Authority's outage
> map and saw there were still several hundred customers in Huntington
> without power. But maybe you were without power and just got it back.
>
> This reminds me that I was at Sands Point, Long Island in 1976 when
> the eye of Hurricane Holly passed overhead. Looks like Huntington is
> maybe
> 10 miles away so you probably remember that one as well.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
> On 11/13/2012 6:56 AM, John Hermanson wrote:
>> We have a 3 day turnaround.
>>
>> ___________________________________
>> John Hermanson | CPS, Inc.
>> 21 South Ln., Huntington NY 11743
>> 631-424-2121 | www.zuiko.com
>> Olympus OM Service since 1977
>> Gallery: www.zuiko.com/album/index.html
>>
>> On 11/8/2012 6:53 AM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>>> Another good article from LensRentals.com. On price and turnaround
>>> for repairs Tamron looks excellent and Olympus looks fairly good.
>>> Not so good if you own Nikon or Sony. One interesting observation
>>> is that large, fast lenses have higher repair rates than their slower
brethren.
>>> The highest frequency of repair items tend to be big, f/2.8 and
>>> really big f/4 zooms. I guess AF motors and drive gears suffer the
>>> effects of moving large masses. There are also comments about
>>> specific weaknesses of certain lenses and bodies. There is a very
>>> high frequency of repair on the Canon 5D Mk III and Nikon D800s
>>> bodies and the Nikon 70-200 VRII for a tripod foot that's too weak
>>> and is easily bent. If you're in the market for new (or even used) gear
this is a recommended read.
>>>
>>> ps: I guess Tamron looks good on repairs since John Hermanson is
>>> now working there. :-)
>>>
>>> <http://www.lensrentals.com/blog/2012/09/lensrentals-repair-data-jan
>>> uary-july-2012#more-9311>
>>>
>>>
>>> Chuck Norcutt
>>>
>>
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