Andy Meldrum wrote:
>
> I have noticed that, from time to time,
> that the film did not completely advance when the film advance lever was
> moved through its full arc. In these cases the shutter release would not
> active and the film advance lever required a small movement to complete the
> advance of the film.
>
I belioeve this is a very common ocurrence with this kind of ratchet
tipe of advance. About 25 years ago my brand new OM-2 had this kind of
behaviour and it did not trouble me. I believe it is a thing of some
kind of coil not putting anough presure on the ratchet.
Valentin
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