At 20:12 6/20/01, Chris Charlton wrote:
Hi There,
I have an OM4 with seemingly perfect electronics (all
functions/display/battery check/etc work fine),
however it has a fault that I would like to try and
rectify myself, as I have a spare OM4 for parts. I'll
describe what is wrong:-
The advance lever is locked and the mirror is in the
fully upright position (as if to expose the film).
[further details snipped out]
Chris,
This sounds like very major surgery time to me. If you've not worked on
cameras before, it's like working on a watch and then some. I pulled the
top cap off of my Contax IIIa RF. After I got that far, I realized I was
already going beyond what I could (or should) do with basic jewelers
tools. I put the top body cap back on, and sent it to one of the several
guys who overhauls old Zeiss Ikon's much the same way John H. and Clint
work on the OM's. Felt lucky I didn't damage anything in the
process. There were a few hair-raising moments during reassembly.
I recommend sending it to Clint or John H. and biting the bullet for an
overhaul. I've used John H. for two bodies; when they come back they
function as new. Be forewarned; cost of overhaul goes up considerably if
you send a bag of parts instead of a _properly_ assembled camera body (John
H. makes this pretty clear on his web site) and it's completely justifiable.
-- John
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