Once set, the lever should stay in the rewind position by itself while you
rewind the film. When you load new film and wind it the first time, the
lever should go back immediately. This defect is more often found in OM-10s
and Gs as the rewind assy. in those models are completely made of plastic.
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John Hermanson
Camtech, Olympus OM Service since 1977
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----- Original Message -----
From: "John A. Lind" <jlind@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2001 7:48 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] DUMB,DUMB,DUMB (hnz's response)
> At 02:21 12/28/01, hnz wrote:
> >My OM-1 and OM-2n do. I know there are a 1/2's around that don't; maybe
John
> >or Clint can tell if it can be fixed and for how much.
> >
> >
> >hnz
>
> As does the lever on my OM-1n. Operates like it's slightly spring loaded
> and something in the winder linkage nudges it so that it's allowed to
> spring back from the rewind position to the proper one.
>
> I'm wondering if the mechanism that kicks them back into position can be
> damaged by owners holding them in the rewind position while operating the
> winding lever for making multiple exposures (the standard method when a
> camera doesn't have a multiple exposure switch)?
>
> -- John
>
>
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