Wasn't this camera salt water damaged? Or am I thinking of someone else?
John
Konrad Pizzuto wrote:
> Following your advice (John of Camtech) I managed to restore the button
> on my girlfriend's OM-10 to its working position. The problem is that
> once the shutter is fired, it blocks again.
>
> If you could help me once again, here is a short diagnoses:
> That long lever thingy that crosses from side to side: once it moves
> right it seems to NOT spring back enough to restore the button to its
> upright position.
>
> I found some oil-like stuff on that oval-flywheel-sort-of-cogwheel
> thingy on the left hand side as you hold the lens away from you. Is
> that meant to be there? On my om-10 it was clean, but I did not dare
> clean of the grease.
>
> Also, there is a notch that falls into a sort of u-shaped groove, thus
> restoring the button. The notch seems to stick just at the top of the
> "valley" so to speak, and does not fall into its place.
>
> Now, one last thing. The small white plastic block at the right hand
> side, to which the long grey lever is sort of couple to or something...
> does that supply some springing action, or rather, is it meant to supply
> some springing action????
>
> Anyway, assuming you can follow what I described above... what action
> can I take to possibly restore the camera to working order. Can I spray
> WD-40 or something similar or not? The linkage seems intact, so that
> should not be broken or anything like that. Is it simply a
> lubrification problem... since you said not to use lubricants with the
> lens blade on a 50mm, once, I assumed, for now, that I was not meant to
> lubricate. So, do I spray some WD-40 or not??
>
> Thanks so much for your patience and help...
>
> regards
>
> Konrad
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