Pete,
Welcome to the group -- a great place to be (we promise!).
It's already been suggested, but I want to reinforce it. Buy a fresh set of
357 (not SR44) batteries from a store with a high turnover. Try them. If
that doesn't fix it, well, you'll need to send it off for repair.
Tom
Hi Everyone
I have not posted to this group before, and I do so in my hour of need (or
rather my day of frustration).
My beautiful OM4Ti has developed a problem I can't seem to fathom. Even
though the batteries are new (and yes, I changed them!) on firing the
shutter, whatever mode the camera is in, the mirror locks up withoiut the
shutter curtain exposing the film. The only way to return the mirror (and
reset the camera) is to turn it to mechanical 1/60th second, and/or 'B'. It
does this with brand new SR44s in it, with a Zuiko lens fitted, and in both
manual and auto mode.
I am used to this happening on this camera (and an OM2-SP) when the
batteries are weak, but all the batteries I've tried work fine on other
Olympus camera. If I didn't know the batteries were new and strong, I'd have
thought it was a battery problem, except all the metering systems work fine
and the camera still beeps at me regularly!
Have I completely missed something here or am I looking at a very expensive
repair job?
Any thoughts you may have would be appreciated.
Pete Yardley
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