Thanks my friend, how right you were.
I have had a good look at the problem and have concluded that a pro repair
is required. Besides which I think the old girl could do with a service, I
am UK based, can anyone recommend a top service dude over here.
Thanks folks,
jon
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Moose
Sent: 29 November 2003 22:08
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [OM] sick om4
The latch mechanism is pretty simple and straight forward. Not much to go
wrong other than the rewind knob comming unscrewed from the shaft or the
latch itself getting stuck with some foreign matter, or perhaps bent. John
H., one of our members who is a professional Olympus repair person posted
this in the past:
"Was the leather reglued recently? Sounds like the backlatch is glued. One
way to open back is to peel up leather at that end, take latch cover
off(don't loose the little spacers) and lift latch manually (or clean out
glue first.)"
He means the leather on the body, not the back. And the latch cover is a
little plate held on with a couple of screws. You can see the latch
(ZC452000), latch cover (CE558000), etc. in the upper right part of Exploded
Parts Diagram 2/9 here
<http://olympus.dementia.org/Hardware/PDFs/OM-4_1of4.pdf>
Although neither of them address this particular question, a couple of good
references for Oly problems and info that address many many other questions
are Lee Hawkins site
<http://brashear.phys.appstate.edu/lhawkins/photo/photo.html> and the site
of the diagrams I refer to above, Mark Dapoz' site
<http://olympus.dementia.org/Hardware/>.
If it does need pro help, 2 of our members are pros who specialize in
Oly and have superb reputations, John Hermanson, at zuiko.com, and Clint
Rumbo, at Olyfix.com.
Moose
jonathan arklay wrote:
>Mickey,
>Thanks for the advice, still no joy, I think that a trip to the camera Doc
>is in order, I fear that the rewind knob is lifting far hire than it
should.
>Every one cross there fingers for me that it doesn't cost too much, I was
>saving for a 28mm f2, oh well, no good having lenses without a working body
>I suppose.
>jon.
>
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>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>[mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Mickey Trageser
>Sent: 29 November 2003 20:05
>To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: Re: [OM] sick om4
>
>
>Jon,
>Try pressing on the damn door as if to close it while pulling the rewind
>knob up, then release the door. If that doesn't work, try gently warming
>that end of the door with a hair dryer. This may loosen up the action. Be
>careful not to heat it up too much.
>Mickey
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>From: "jonathan arklay" <jsarklay@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Saturday, November 29, 2003 2:06 PM
>Subject: [OM] sick om4
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