Very odd indeed but I'm glad it cleared up.
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John Hermanson
Camtech Photo Services, Inc.
21 South Lane, Huntington NY 11743
631-424-2121 | Olympus OM Service since 1977
http://www.zuiko.com | omtech1 AT verizon.net
GeeBee wrote:
> Hi John,
>
> Thanks for your input. I did remove the screen when I gave the camera a good
> blow out and I was very careful to check that the screen was in place.
> Whatever the problem was it seems to be cured and I encountered no problems
> today.
>
> --Graham
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Hermanson" <omtech1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 3:16 PM
> Subject: [OM] Re: Focus problem
>
>
>
>>Maybe your focus screen was partially unlatched. I've seen a few Beattie
>>screens where the tab was in the wrong place so you ended up mounting
>>the screen upside down. That would throw focus off with all lenses all
>>the time. If mirror angle has changed that would affect infinity focus
>>with all lenses (sharp in finder, focus scale way off, infinity comes in
>>early or not at all) would be out of focus on film.
>>
>>
>>___________________________________
>>John Hermanson
>>Camtech Photo Services, Inc.
>>21 South Lane, Huntington NY 11743
>>631-424-2121 | Olympus OM Service since 1977
>>http://www.zuiko.com | omtech1 AT verizon.net
>>
>>
>>GeeBee wrote:
>>
>>>Out shooting with OM2 SP today I noticed when using the Zuiko 180mm for a
>>>landscape shot that it didn't quite rack out to infinity when I focussed
>>>on
>>>a distant church. It was only just short of infinity so I disregarded it.
>>>Next shot was with the 35- 80 zoom and a boat in the foreground was about
>>>75
>>>ft away. When I checked the focus scale on the lens it was showing 12ft.
>>>Despite this the boat was in sharp focus in the veiwfinder. I switched
>>>lenses and the same thing happened with the 50mm. Ground glass image in
>>>focus but the scale on the lens indicated much closer than the object
>>>actuallt was.
>>>
>>>I was resigned to a repair job so I pulled the film and loaded into
>>>another
>>>body when I returned home. I removed the focus screen from the offending
>>>OM2
>>>and looked for any obvious signs trouble but was unable to detect
>>>anything.
>>>I gave the camera a good blowing out with a brush, put a lens on it and
>>>focussed out of the window on an object that I would expect to be at
>>>infinity. The lens scale confirmed it and racked out all the way to the
>>>infinity symbol. Tried a couple of other lenses and all is working well.
>>>Anyone have any ideas on what the problem might have been?
>>>
>>>--Graham
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
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