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[OM] Re: Louie is sick. Help me help him!

Subject: [OM] Re: Louie is sick. Help me help him!
From: "John Hermanson" <omtech@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2004 14:42:54 -0500
The whining ........uh.........yeah, that can be fixed.

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: "Walt Wayman" <hiwayman@xxxxxxx>
To: "Oly List" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2004 1:07 PM
Subject: [OM] Louie is sick. Help me help him!


> Louie, the third of my three old OM-4s, is not well.  Huey and Dewey are 
> fine, but in either manual or auto mode, Louie's mirror flops up and the 
> shutter closes, and then everything stops.  If I slightly loosen the 
> battery compartment cap, then press it lightly with a finger, while 
> holding the camera upside down, the shutter finishes what it started and 
> the mirror comes back down.  This is not a convenient way to take 
> pictures!  I've tightened screws, cleaned threads, tried new batteries, 
> and new caps, both silver.  Everything else, i.e., display, metering, 
> self-timer, battery check, all work normally.  Also, he sometimes whines.
>
> Louie is 20 years old and has never been to the doctor, so unless somebody 
> has an easy cure, that is, one not requiring major disassembly, he's going 
> off to see John.  A complete checkup and CLA should do him good anyway.
>
> Walt
>
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