Could be the arm that comes up to close the lens down is striking the back
of the lens or is not aligning properly with the stop down tab on the lens.
John Hermanson
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----- Original Message -----
From: "William Biesele" <william@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, March 02, 2001 10:59 PM
Subject: [OM] Help! Camera or lens
| One combination of camera and lens has developed a problem.
|
| Symptom: Pushing the shutter results in sort of a thud and the camera
| jams before firing the shutter. New batteries were the first thought;
| still thud. Pushing the lens release and twisting the lens slightly
| towards off fires the shutter. Further playing around shows if the lens
| is mounted normally and then twisted back towards off (without lens
| release) much more likely to fire successfully. Smaller apertures seem
| to be more likely to jam.
|
| Same body with several other lenses no problem. Same lens several other
| bodies no problem.
|
| Is this a problem with the camera, the lens or just an example of the
| corollary to Murphy's law about tolerances?
|
| Which one goes to the shop?
|
| Thanks in advance
|
| Bill Biesele
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