Work the camera may lessen the overexposure, but that is a very short term
fix. It will probably return the next time you use the camera. That type of
jam or hangup is caused by an oily magnet. Shooting negative film may be
okay, but slide film will probably be so overexposed to be useless. This can
be fixed.
A 2S that jams below 60 on auto and manual is more serious and may be beyond
help.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Tyron L" <tyron@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2003 2:32 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] OM-2S jams on slow speeds
> Hello Carlos,
>
> A while back I bought my second OM-2SP which had similar behaviour to
yours - I
> found that the shutter would nearly always stick open with the mirror up
at
> 60th and below (sticking more often as speed decreased). It would always
close
> again a little later, and as I recall moving the switch to battery check
would
> make it close, also setting shutter speed ring to manual 60th made it
close.
> Speeds above 60th and all other camera functions appeared to be fine.
>
> I found that by 'working' the camera (no film loaded but wind on & keep
firing
> the shutter) the sticking gradually became less, so I used my winder set
to
> continuous and fired it maybe a thousand or so (?) times over the
following few
> days/weeks (not continuously, just here & there whilst I was sitting at
the
> computer). Eventually the sticking completely stopped. I have not used
this
> body for a month or two now however, and it is currently mid-roll so I am
> unable to check it's behaviour at the moment. I'm hoping though that with
> occasional excercise the problem will permanently dissappear.
>
> The camera is very close to mint condition, it looks as thought it's
hardly
> seen any use at all. One of my theories is that if it had been sitting
idle for
> years/decades perhaps some lubricant had gotten a little hard causing
'stiff'
> operation and hence the sticking? This is just my guess - I wonder if
anyone
> else has had a similar experience or perhaps someone with a more intimate
> knowledge of the camera's internals could shed some more light on this
please?
> Perhaps the problem I had has a different cause to Carlos' OM-2S?
>
> Regards to all,
>
> Tyron
> ------------------------------------------
> Carlos J. Santisteban Salinas wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I've got from the bay a "for parts, jammed" OM-2S. After putting new
> > SR-44s, *almost* everything was fine: meter (OTF, spot and
> > centre-weighted), program mode, self-timer, etc.
> >
> > The bad news is that the shutter jams at speeds below 1/60, both manual
and
> > auto -- mirror up with shutter open, even after setting a mechanical
speed
> > and/or removing the batteries (!). On the other hand, leaving the camera
> > unattended for a few minutes will unlock it (?).
> >
> > BTW, 'B' and the mechanical '60' work flawlessly.
> >
> > >From the experience of seeing the shutter open without batteries, it
seems
> > to be a mechanical issue, and the circuit seems to work fine. Would it
be
> > too difficult/expensive to return this body to full working order?
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> >
> > ...
> >
> > Carlos J. Santisteban
> >
> > <cjss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > <http://cjss.galeon.com>
> >
>
>
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