The problem with the 10, G & F is that the entire rewind release assembly is
made of plastic and there is a lot of friction there which (with age) may
become too much for the camera to reset.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Per Ohstrom" <poo@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, April 18, 2003 7:36 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] Aaaargh - I did it...
> John,
>
> My daughter's OM-10 seems to have a somewhat similar problem. The rewind
> release lever has stopped returning to the correct position automatically
> after opening and closing the back. Is this also because of a broken
> spring? And could it be fixed easily?
>
> It is possible to return the release lever manually, but of course she
> sometimes forgets. I have taught her always to look at the rewind crank
to
> see if it moves when she advances the first empty frames.
>
> -poo
>
>
> At 01:50 2003-04-17, John Hermanson wrote:
> >Note for OM-PC users, I'm seeing more and more PCs where the rewind
button
> >won't come up anymore because part of the inner sprocket shaft (the
spring
> >loaded part that takes all the stress) is made of plastic and it BREAKS!
Of
> >course the PC sprocket is NLA so the nearest fit that will atleast allow
you
> >to use the camera, is the sprocket from the 2S (they are all different).
> >Only problem with using the 2S sprocket is you have to hold the rewind
> >button down manually during film rewind. Atleast you can use the camera!
>
>
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