Re: [OM] arc in images, OM-4, 85mm

[Winsor Crosby]

> I sometimes have an arc in my images. The best way to describe it is here :
> http://www.verheyen22.yucom.be/photo/lesbos/wim/html/9608.html
> You'll see it right above the castle.
> The camera is an OM-4.
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Wim,

It appears to be a shutter string.  Many focal plane shutters use 
strings in the mechanism and in older cameras they appear in the 
frame because they have become stretched. A competent repairman can 
replace them. There was a lot of discussion of them on the list, also 
with pictures, several years ago. I don't know whether that is 
available in the archives or not.
--
Winsor Crosby
Long Beach, California

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