Another Olympus lives Another life

[Nikon photographer]

Bought this one for a very low price, but it was covered in dirt, and I'm not sure what the stains on the pentaprism were, they certainly weren't coming off with the usual Isopropyl alcohol, I used a product called Polywatch, a fine polish designed to remove fine scratches from acrylic watch crystals, it worked a treat, luckily on this one the prism is fine, so after a good clean, it's time for renewing the light seals, I've changed the baseplate, as the original one had been engraved and then scratched off.

 

[Nikon photographer]

The viewfinder cleaned up nicely, and the cherry on the cake, the meter actually works

 

[Plain Nev]

There will be no stopping you now.

 

[ChrisR]

That is absolutely fantastic, Geoff.

 

[Nikon photographer]

Managed to get out the office this morning, but before I did, I removed all the sticky remnants from the light seals that had stuck to the film door, I also gave the leatherette a quick clean and polish

 

[Nikon photographer]

All finished

 

[MartinJvilla]

Nice resurrection job - I might send you my OM30!!

 

[Nikon photographer]

Nice resurrection job - I might send you my OM30!!

I have plenty of spare parts for the OM30

 

[MarkWalker]

Looks like a nice, clean version. I've also just joined the Olympus family, though I specifically wanted the M1 labelled OM1, which I managed to find on eBay the other month. Like yours, it's lovely and clean, fully working.