Could be a bad mirror latch. Hit dof a few times and lever on back of lens
raps on diaphragm lever inside body. If latch is keeping mirror cocked by a
"hair" this could release mirror, which fires the shutter.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Kam Cheung" <gkz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 8:53 PM
Subject: [OM] OM-3 problem -- triggering of shutter by pressing DOF preview
> Hi all,
>
> My old friend OM-3 has developed a strange behaviour. Sometimes (it does
> not happen all the time) I can fire the shutter by simply pressing the DOF
> preview buttom for one or two times. Any idea what's going on?
>
> Regards,
> Kam
>
>
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