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RE: [OM] OM40/PC lock ups

Subject: RE: [OM] OM40/PC lock ups
From: Chip Stratton <cstrat@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 02 Jan 2000 09:14:00 -0600
> I come to use it I'm finding that it tends to lock up on the first shot of
> the day, irrespective of mode. The mirror locks up, shutter stays open and
> the camera goes dead, including battery check.
>
> If I unscrew the battery cover the shutter will close and the
> mirror returns


It might be that the battery cover doesn't make a reliable electrical
contact with the body. Is it a chrome cover or a black one? The black ones,
and I don't know that the PC ever came with a black one, have been
associated with poor electrical contact.

Chip Stratton
cstrat@xxxxxxxxx


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