I've seen many 2Ss with that problem. A good cleaning, then a light
greasing with di-electric grease should clear it up.
John Hermanson
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----- Original Message -----
From: jowilcox <jowilcox@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, October 13, 2000 2:37 PM
Subject: [OM] RE: OM-2S Problem
| You're right. This is probably the infamous dirty ISO/exposure comp dial
| problem, I think. You may be able to promote a fix by twisting the dial
back
| and forth about 30 times to clean up the contacts. If it is persistent,
send
| it to John H. or your local equivalent technical person for CLA.
|
| As for your bad luck with bodies, maybe you're a magnetic personality. My
| wife's aunt can't wear a mechanical wrist watch for any amount of time
before
| it stops. Magnetic interference, she claims. I guess people believe in
| goofier things.
|
| Joel Wilcox
| Iowa City, Iowa USA
|
| >===== Original Message From Alan Magayne-Roshak <amr3@xxxxxxxxxxx> =====
| >I'm having an annoying problem with my OM2S, and am curious if anyone
else
| >has had this too. I think it might be dirty contacts in the ISO dial.
| >When the camera is on auto, much of the time it beeps and indicates
"OVER",
| >even though I have the aperture set where it couldn't possibly be too
large
| >an f/stop. If I push on the ISO/Comp dial and turn it back and forth to
| >the extremes a few times, the camera gets normal and the readout gives
the
| >correct reading (which is about three stops different than the erroneous
| >warning). I'm wondering if some sort of TV tuner cleaner could be
sprayed
| >(gently!) into the ISO dial.
| >Anybody run into this? It drives me crazy.
| >
| >I'm also wondering if my OM2n has a similar problem with the resistor(?)
| >that moves with the f/stop ring. At intermediate settings the meter
needle
| >goes crazy and jumps around erratically. Above and below that range, it
| >settles down and moves normally.
| >
| >Any feedback would be appreciated. I seem to have bad luck with bodies;
my
| >favorite, the OM4, now has a dead circuit, but then I bought it used and
it
| >always was a little goofy.
| >
| >Alan Magayne-Roshak
| >
| >
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