You can send repairs. I'll be estimating shortly.
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Olympus OM Service since 1977
On 5/14/2015 2:07 PM, Cyril Fernandez wrote:
Story so far . . .
My name is Cy Fernandez and just joined this list yesterday. I started
shooting in '96 with a Canon Elan II, then an EOS 3 and in 2003 switched to
a digital Canon 10D. Fast forward to 2012 and my then future wife and I
were backpacking in Zion NP w/the 10D and we accidently left ALL the gear
there. Called Park Service, never recovered. Decided to change systems to
micro 4/3rds and got a Panasonic GH2 (for the awesome video capability for
my soon to be born son) with several lenses because it is much smaller and
lighter than my old Canon gear. Loved shooting video with this, but never
fell in love with the controls and handling for stills.
2 months ago the Panasonic gear gets stolen, but we have insurance and I
replace it with:
1) an Olympus OM D E-M1 (love the handling and controls)
2) 12-60mm f2.8-4 SWD w/corresponding MMF-3 adaptor since the lens is from
the older 4/3rds system and
3) a smaller 40-150mm f4-5.6 (because my wife found the previous lens HUGE
for her to use).
With money tighter now that I have a 2 year old son, I cannot afford the
expensive lenses that I used to have in my old Canon setup (100mm f2.8 macro
and 300mm f4 telephoto). Then I found out about adaptors and the older
Olympus OM format :-)
Went crazy on Craigslist 2 weeks ago and found a OM-2 w/50mm f1.8 for $40 in
excellent condition. Shot a roll of film just to test it out and it meters
great. Went to a local camera shop that had used gear and picked up:
1) 28mm f3.5
2) 135mm f3.5
3) 200mm f4.0
Each lens cost $40 and I also picked up a couple of inexpensive reversing
rings to do some macrophotography. They were all in excellent condition.
Got an inexpensive adaptor to attach my OM lenses to my digital body and
love manually focusing w/OM lenses. These primes feel so smooth.
Unfortunately, I lose the wide angle advantage because the E-M1 effectively
doubles the focal length, but now I have a 400mm f4 (200mm x 2)!
Went to an airshow this past weekend, my wife with the digital Oly and me
with the OM system and Fuji 160C and 400H . Nice to print some rolls
immediately and give to my son's grandmother. The prints turned out great
and may start shooting the left over rolls of Velvia that I still have from
LONG ago.
Now the present and my problem.
Just bought an OM-2S ( for the spot metering) from a widowed doctor's wife
that also included the SM-R attachment. The body looks brand because he
ONLY used it for work and it was rarely needed. Was firing it yesterday
(with used film) and everything seemed to work, when after about 20 hits
with the shutter button the mirror locked up. I reset the body according
to the manual and the mirror went down. Replaced the batteries with another
brand new set, but now the mirror always sticks. I can always reset it to
drop the mirror. BTW, the weird black and white pattern is what I see when
the mirror is locked up. Everything else seems to work as far as I can
tell.
I went to John Hermanson's site but he is unavailable, at least for the time
being. Does anyone have an idea what may be happening to my OM-2S? Is
there another respected camera tech that I can have look at it? I live in
Los Angeles. Thanks for any help. Cheers.
Cy
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