Dear clintonr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
Tom
On 30 Dec 2000, at 9:01, sayeth clintonr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
<olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Tom A. Trottier wrote:
> >
> > Hi, anyone have experience with a balky shutter release button? It
> > now takes a fair bit of pressure to take the picture.
>
> You haven't perhaps got an old OM-1/2 bayonet-style MD cap jammed into
> the bottom cover, where a new threaded-style MD cap should be, do you?
> I've seen folks do that, and it sometimes interferes with the
> release....
No.
>
> Other (more likely!) causes:
> Is the release gummy? There may be some sticky-stuff (spray from
> opening a soft drink nearby, a drip from a cup of coffee passed over the
> camera, etc.) in the collar.
No, the resistance is just at the picture-taking point.
>
> Or is it just that you have to press really _deep_ to get it to fire?
> In that case, it could be that the adjustment has shifted. Have you
> used a cable release? At the top of the release shaft under the top
> cover there's a threaded post to adjust the depth of release - if you
> look through the center of the release button, you may see it (it looks
> like the head of a screw - which, in fact, it is more or less).
> Sometimes, when you thread on a cable release, the plunger will turn
> that adjustment. It's supposed to be sealed, but there you are. If
> that's the problem, you may be able to simply "unscrew" it a little with
> a tiny jeweler's screwdriver through the hole in the release button.
> Turn it one full turn counter-clockwise to start, then check - if it's
> not better, stop. If it does get better, the proper setting is to
> adjust the release so that a flat edge laid across the release button
> collar does not trip the shutter, but pressing the button just below the
> collar _does_.
Interesting, the hidden controls. But that's not my symptom.
>
> If, however, it's extra _force_ that's needed to fire the shutter,
> that's a problem. Something's in the way of the mechanism, or
> something's come loose - you may find it just inside the bottom cover,
> along the slide that the release shaft operates, or it may be behind the
> front casting (major disassembly time!). If you want to look under to
> bottom cover, it cover comes off w/the 4 screws on the bottom - nothing
> else is loose, except possibly the seals around the tripod mount and MD
> contacts. Wind and fire the camera in "B", and watch it work (wheeee!)
> - see if there's something loose in the way of the slide.
I'll look at that when the film's done.
>
> Otherwise - time for a trip to the doctor's!
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>
> Good luck!
Thanks, Tom
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