On Jan 9, 10:51*am, wrote:
On Jan 8, 7:31*pm, Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:





On Tue, 8 Jan 2008 16:04:46 -0800, "CalifBill"

wrote:

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Mon, 07 Jan 2008 16:52:17 -0500, HK wrote:

Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
Just got off the phone with Olympus.

The bill to repair my E-300, flat rate, is $310 plus 6% tax which
brings it to $328.60!!

Damn.

So much for that camera.

You think camera repair people should work for wal-mart wages?

No - I don't expect that.

I do expect a reasonable rate to replace the viewfinder glass and
upload the latest software.

It seems to me that 2/3s of the cost of the camera new (as of 2 1/2
years ago) is a bit excessive.

My point and shoot Olympus 35 mm had a sticky switch on the lens. *Was 2
weeks past warranty when I sent it back. *They wanted $5 less than a new
one, and only warranteed the camera for 6 months as opposed to a year with a
new camera. *Last Olympus I bought.

I've never had a problem with an Oly and when I had my OM-1 cleaned,
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I have a circa early 80's MX 700 Minolta if you wanted to play with it
for a while, let me know, I will dig it up. Should be in mint or close
condition. What I really liked about that body was the button on the
side that would allow you to visually adjust your depth of field and
exposure. I liked the split screen focus rings and the ability to set
the stop to adjust +or- at the time of exposure.. It was a real neat
camera but I never really used it much except for a couple of Indy
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Great camera. I had one that I left on the top of my car, then drove
off.....