Worst case? Body/front casting fractured, camera beyond repair.
Next worst case, body/front casting bent, but too much to repair.
Next, body/front casting bent, but breaks during repair. (G-r-r-r-r!)
Best case? Shutter speed dial out of time, possible fractured
VR ceramic board.
Either way, best get it to an OM specialist, if you can.
Robert Evans wrote:
>
> Hello out there,
>
> I'm new to this forem, maybe someone out there could
> give me some advice regarding my camera. I have an OM4
> which I dropped a week ago, it didn't land on anything
> too hard, it was a wooden floor. Anyway since then it
> has developed a fault, the mechanical 60 and B
> settings work fine, but when in auto or manual mode,
> the shutter speed in the display shows "2000" and
> won't move, regardless of where the shutter speed dial
> is. If the dial is set to 2000, or 1000, or 500 the
> shutter will operate, but the timings aren't right,
> 1000 sounds like about 1/8 second and 500 sounds like
> a second.
> If the dial is set to anything other than those three,
> the mirror flips up and won't go down again (when the
> shutter is depressed) this can only be resolved by
> switching to mechanical 60'th.
> Everything else in the camera works ok, the spot
> meter, the hi light and shadow buttons, the
> memory/clear and the battery check.
> Does anyone have any idea what could be wrong with my
> camera?
> Does it sound terminal? I love my OM4 and would prefer
> to have it repaired than have to buy something new.
>
> Thanks for your help
>
> Robert.
>
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