Not an uncommon problem. The aperture slide moves up and down on two
elongated slots that straddle two screws. Some time or other someone pushed
a little too hard on the aperture tab and bent the slide so that one of the
slots has narrowed a bit. As you try to move the narrow part of the slide
past the screw, it binds.
To fix it, you'll have to remove the bottom cover (5 screws), then the dust
cover (lift the lower edge out and away, but be careful -- there's a steel
roller underneath at the top, don't loose it!), then the front cover. The
front cover is held on by one screw through the back by the lower end of the
take-up spool and one or two screws through the front. You'll see the
slide -- just take a flat screwdriver and put it in the slot and twist ever
so slightly just next to the tab, a little at a time -- careful, not too
much! -- until the slide moves easily.
----- Original Message -----
From: "christian" <fischerchristian@xxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, April 18, 2004 4:24 AM
Subject: [OM] problem with XA
>
> Hello,
>
> I bought an XA few week ago.
> Recently, I find the aperture level becomes
> hard to move around f5.6.
>
> Has anybody fixed this before ?
> Thanks.
>
> Christian
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