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Re: [OM] LensRentals.com - Lensrentals Repair Data: January - July 2012

Subject: Re: [OM] LensRentals.com - Lensrentals Repair Data: January - July 2012
From: John Hermanson <omtech1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2012 07:02:32 -0500
Exactly, as the days wore on it all became truly depressing.

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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 11/14/2012 9:09 AM, Piers Hemy wrote:
> 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).
>
>
>
> ___________________________________
> 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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