Someone had the rewind knob off and, when it was re-assembled, put the
spring plate in upside down (the square tab on the spring should go DOWN
towards the ASA dial.). Once that is done, rewind lever should no longer
flop around.
John Hermanson
Camtech Photo Services, Inc.
21 South Lane,
Huntington, NY, 11743-4714,
631-424-2121, www.zuiko.com
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Martyn Smoothy" <mds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, October 02, 2004 12:26 PM
Subject: [OM] OM-3 Really Trivial Question
>
> Hi,
>
> First time I've posted a question on the list so I thought I try something
> trivial. Recently bought an OM-3 - great camera, everything works fine -
> but, just one thing - the rewind crank is loose, ie. when you turn the
> camera upside down or (more importantly) though 90 degrees to take a
> "portrait" shot the crank opens up. This doesn't actually make any "real"
> difference to the operation of the camera but I do find it very irritating
> &
> can't think of any convenient way of stopping it happening. So - anybody
> know a way of stiffening the crank hinge without the risk of damaging the
> camera?
>
> Regards - Martyn
>
>
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