Though you "can" wind the camera while the shutter is open, doing so rapidly
is one way to make the shutter curtain strings come off the pulleys. If the
shutter is not wound all the way, with the gears in the proper rest
position, the mirror may not reset when the batteries are taken out.
John Hermanson
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----- Original Message -----
From: <Doggre@xxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2001 2:43 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] OM-2n Mirror Hanging -- Help?
| In a message dated 7/11/01 5:49:19 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
omtech@xxxxxxxxx
| writes:
|
| > If it does it in manual, too, then it's not the asa ceramic. I don't
know,
| > I'm sure it can be fixed, though.
|
| Thanks, John. Yeah, while the mirror's stuck "up", I can "advance" over
and
| over, watching the pattern come across and retreat as the wind lever
| approaches full rotation. Could it be that it's the shutter release that
is
| sticking "open", thus not allowing the mirror magnets to release the
mirror?
| The shutter release button springs freely up and down after I've pressed
it
| and the mirror hangs up.
|
| I just tried this again, and this time, when I opened the battery
compartment
| and removed the batteries, mirror stayed up.
|
| It just occurred to me to take it in to Phototronics here in Seattle to
see
| if they might be able to figure it out. Have to go up to that
neighborhood
| next week to pick up 6 rolls of prints & slides (trying a pro lab for the
| first time), so will take it in. If they're not successful or don't want
to
| touch it, I'll send it to you.
|
| I can see some of the reasons why you mentioned it is your favorite OM
body.
| I sure like the shutter speed ring compared with the one on the OM-2S.
Was
| hard to put the thing down and go to work yesterday!
|
| Rich
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