In Praise of John Hermanson

[trip-xa]

If you are reading this, you have heard of John Hermanson, Olympus wrench par excellance. I wanted to weigh in on his fine work.

I recently sent John my one owner (me) since 1979 OM-1n for an overhaul. I spent last week putting a few rolls of film through the camera and I have to say it feels new and familiar at the same time. Everything feels tight and wonderful. The shutter makes the wonderful Olympus shutter sound.

John's turn time is long, nearly 7 weeks right now, but for good reason. He knows Olympus and treats your camera with skill and care.

I enthusiastically recommend John, at Camtech, www.zuiko.com.

 

[Paul Luscher]

You're preaching to the choir here.

John has nursed three OM-2ns back to health for me, as well as refurbing a 135mm F2.8 lens (even found a new front element to replace a dinged one!), and a 24mm F2 lens. Got a 50mm w/ a sticky aperture out to him now.

Yes, John is the M.O.O.OM: Master Of Olympus OM....

 

[nikku]

John knows his stuff, and is a nice guy to boot, regularly giving out repair advice for free!

 

[Keith]

My OM-1 came back from John feeling old but new if you know what I mean ... new prism, dodgy advance fixed, CLA and meter converted for modern batteries.

The camera is a pleasure to use.

 

[maclaine]

I concur. John rehabilitated my OM-10 as well as a 24mm 2.8 Zuiko I carelessly dropped on the ground, dong some nasty damage to the lens mount. It took a whilefor both of them to come back, but when they did, they were ready to go. I will only send future Olympus work to him.

 

[Brian Legge]

He did a great job on my Olympus 35RD.

 

[wgerrard]

The only choice for Oly work.

I especially like his "pay 50 bucks and get bumped to the front of the queue" plan. It's worthy of emulation.

 

[charjohncarter]

Thanks for posting this. I want to have some work done on my Olympus 35RC. I remember him being mentioned once and I have not been able to bring his name back.

 

[Keith]

From memory when I sent him my OM-1 from Oz it was back in my hands around six weeks later. When you hear occasional sad stories about DAG and Shintaro this is NO PROBLEM! 😛

And he answers emails!

 

[Chris101]

pssst! He can hear you!

Thanks for posting this. I want to have some work done on my Olympus 35RC. I remember him being mentioned once and I have not been able to bring his name back.

If you forget his name - look at your lens. His website is zuiko.com!

 

[charjohncarter]

I forgot that too.

 

[John Hermanson]

Thanks a lot for the kind words everybody. I'm headed out to clear the snowy driveway again. John