Sorry to say you'll never find the solutions to such defects in the owners
manual. Many times, they won't even be noted in the service manuals (as the
manuals are printed before the cameras are field tested by the buying public
:-}
John
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----- Original Message -----
From: Keith (R.K.) Berry <keith_r.k.berry@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, May 21, 1999 11:02 AM
Subject: [OM] Re: OM-40 Lock-up problem
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Abbinga
> Date: 20 May 1999 07:49
>
>
> >Recently I bought a OM-PC(=OM40). ...but at the moment the mirror locks
up
> and refuse to come
> >down.
> >It seems to me a computer problem. Does anybody know a way to reset an
> >OMPC(40).
>
>
> I, too, bought an OM-40 this week and this morning a photocopied
instruction
> book for it arrived from Olympus UK (with a request for £3). I have now
read
> it from cover to cover but I regret to say that it isn't much help on the
> subject of resetting after a mirror lock-up. On page 78 it vaguely says:
> "Q: The mirror does not spring back.
> A: Check the batteries. If the batteries are in good condition, and in
> case the mirror should not spring back or the shutter should not close,
the
> safety mechanism will operate to return them to their original position."
>
> It's as clear as mud to me. It looks as though you have a fault unless the
> batteries you've tried aren't up to power. About the battery check, the
book
> says "If the sound becomes intermittent or the LED blinks, replace the
> batteries."
>
> Incidentally, add the OM40 (PC) to the list of bodies that operates the
> mirror lock-up AND stops the aperture down 12 seconds before releasing the
> shutter when using the Self Timer.
>
> Regards,
> Keith (Birmingham, UK)
> keith_r.k.berry@xxxxxxxxxx
>
>
>
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