Perhaps in its original location that piece of foam may have served that
purpose, but it was functioning as an excellent insulator between the switch
contacts where it ended up. And since removal, flash sync has worked
normally as far as I can tell.
Chip Stratton
cstrat@xxxxxxxxx
> > On 31 Jan 2001, at 20:14, Chip Stratton wrote:
> >
> > > I bought an OM1 which would not fire the flash. I took off the bottom
> > > plate, and found a little piece of deteriorated foam had made its way
> > > between a little switch down there. After cleaning it off,
> the flash sync
> > > worked perfectly.
>
> Umm, hate to tell you this Chip, but that little bit of foam is
> supposed to
> be there. I believe its purpose is to debounce the contact and prevent
> the flash from firing multiple times.
>
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