Sounds like you may have worn out shocks in the mirror mechanism, which
can prevent mirror latching. In this case, when the shutter is wound,
mirror just goes up. Don't blame yourself.
Reminds me of my first visit to the Grand Canyon. Took one shot with my
Bronica S2a. Thinking the wrist strap of the pistol grip attachment was
around my wrist, I let the camera drop. It fell on solid rock and that
was the end of that. Okay! Get the OM-2 out and don't think about it.
Every day of that trip I took the Bronica out hoping it had either been
a dream or it had fixed itself. No such luck.
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Russ Butler wrote:
> We just returned from our motorcycle trip to Alaska from NJ and it was
> super. Alaska and the ride up and down thru MT, BC and the Yukon are
> incredibly beautiful. Snow capped mountains were in view for 19 of
> the 33 day trip!
>
> Unfortunately I don't have any OM shots to share as my OM-1n failed in
> route. I was bumbed for a while, but the scenery and the fact that the
> eyes are superb cameras kept me happy. And my wife had the stylus and
> she got plenty of shots. (How she does it I'll never know. The majority
> are taken on the fly, while she sits behind me, with a full face helmet
> on. Guess she could have been a combat photographer.)
>
> Anyway, here's what happened with the Om-1n:
> I bought the body (along with too many others) on ebay last fall.
> Pedigree unknown. Used this particular one all winter (~40 rolls)
> without a hitch. The camera was carried on the bike, (as it had been in
> my pickup and car all winter) in a lowerpro padded (perhaps not well
> enuf) case which was placed in with other stuff in a saddlebag.
>
> I took one shot in Thunder Bay and all was well. On an attempt a day or
> so later, I put the camera up to eye and the mirror was up. Weird I
> thought, re-cocked, fired and the mirror hung. On later examination I
> found that the shutter was not firing or being cocked properly as a
> transport string/cord end was visible. I concluded this was unlikely by
> design and less likely to be fixed by me in the field, put the camera
> back in the case, and continued on the trip.
>
> There were at least four likely stupid acts on my part that I can think of:
> 1. selected 1n vs 2n or 2s (against most listers' advice)
> (only excuse is that I prefer the 1n and can see the exposure better
> with eyeglasses; 2n is ok in that regard, but I have trouble with the
> leds on the 2s)
> 2. carried the camera with the shutter cocked
> 3. selected a body that hadn't been CLA'd
> 4. was too casual about protecting the camera from the vibrations and
> jolts of a long motorcycle trip
>
>
> Any additions to my 'stupid' list &/or suggestions for preventing this
> in the future are VERY welcome as I will try again.
>
> Thanks for lending an ear.
>
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