Dear John,
Could it have been caused by the cold?
tOM
On Wednesday, May 07, 2003 at 9:03
John Hermanson <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> It probably has greasy latches, which allowed the wind mechanism to
> "overwind" (trying to wind the shutter after it is already wound). Repair
> would involve partial disassembly, and degreasing. It's possible to free it
> up without the rebuild, but would soon jam in the same way again.
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Markus Haukebøe" <markus.haukeboe@xxxxxx>
> To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2003 8:38 AM
> Subject: [OM] OM 3 Lockup problem
>
>
> Hi
>
> I was enjoying a ski holyday in BC Canada. During my holiday I had a
> surprising and very inconvenient lockup on my OM 3 body. I was smart enough
> to bring a spare body, and was saved by the performance by my OM 2 SP.
>
> Is there anyone knowing if there is anything I can do with my OM 3 without
> having to send it away. The locking occurred while I changed film. It was
> rather cold, and I was using Winder. The body locked when the new film was
> in place, on the first frame to advance the film to ready position.
>
> The shutter release button will not press beyond the level to turn metering
> on (as if the film was exposed, and new frame not advanced). The film
> advance lever will not turn (as if the camera was ready to shoot). The
> Rewind Release button is pressed.
>
> I suffer on similar locking on the same body earlier (also using the
> Winder). This occurred when the winder ran out of batteries, and had
> similar characteristics as the above mentioned. Since this happened while
> in the middle of a film, the rewind button was not pressed. This time I
> just rewinded the film slightly (without pushing the rewind button), just
> enough to move the take up spool slightly. This unlocked the camera. Since
> the later occasion occurred with the rewind button pushed, the take up spool
> is detached, and I cant use this approach to unlock the body.
>
> Any help is greatly appreciated.
>
> Markus Haukebøe
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