If your OM-10 is still working, I see no reason to get rid of it.
John
http://www.zuiko.com
Ingemar Uvhagen wrote:
> John Hermanson skrev:
>
> > I suggest to most people with 10s and Gs (these bodies are related and
> > share problems) not to store these cameras (or any cameras) with the shutter
> > wound. Once the magnet gets oily though, this doesn't help much.
> > There's a second electromagnet that gets oily and when that happens the
> > mirror locks halfway up (and is harder to fix.)
> >
> > Also, the main shutter gears are plastic. Occasionally the main cocking
> > tooth (that is pushed to wind the curtains) breaks off or looses its edge,
> > so the mating gear stud slips over it. . This requires the most stripping
> > down of any 10 repair.
>
> If I want to be on "the safe side", should I sell my OM-10 and get another
> more
> reliable OM? (Or just get another OM.)Is it worth let some one check my camera
> every third (?) year instead of buy another camera? The thing is that I am
> not a
> heavy user, I shoot in periods and when I see something to picture, so get
> another OM (one digit OM) feels a bit unnecessary.
>
> Any one, any advise?
>
> Regards/
> Ingemar Uvhagen
> Gislaved, Sweden
>
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