In a message dated 4/23/2002 10:33:29 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
cosmo@xxxxxxxxxx writes:
"I was loading a fresh roll of film, fired off two frames in quick succession
with the winder1 and _forgot_ that the camera was set to auto and the lens
cap was on. Needless to say, the camera is jammed up nice and tight. This
is what jammed it the first time, which prompted me to send it out for the
CLA to begin with. I'm assuming this is what's referred to as 'overwound'."
Interesting, I don't think the camera/winder combination should behave like
this. I just tried an OM-1n with a winder 2, shutter speed set to 1 sec, the
winder waited for the shutter to close and the mirror to come down
repeatedly. Not sure I want to try it on an OM-2 in Auto with the lens cap on
right now though ;-)
"This doesn't happen with my OM-2s. Long exposures are no problem, my
winders (1&2) just advance after the shutter closes and the mirror comes
back down. Is this the way the OM-2 is supposed to be? I remember this
happening with my OM-1 as well. I took the bottom cover off that one and
noticed the gear around the MD coupling was out of alignment with the one
next to it, and it wouldn't wind."
More interesting. I just had an OM-2S lock up, under similar, but not
identical. circumstances. I had a winder 2 on my OM-2S, and fired about 10
shots without any problems. A few days later I took the winder off the camera
(which was obviously advanced and cocked from the last shot). I fired the
next shot and the camera was locked up tight - won't advance and shutter
won't trip. The mirror is down, though. It will go to John H. as soon as I
decide which of Morgan's leathers is going to go on it ;-)
"So is this just a situation I need to avoid in the future, or is it a
problem with the camera body? The winders?"
My guess is it's the camera.
Hope this helps a little,
Paul Schings
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