An itsybitsy teflon spary on the bearing, applied with a toothpick, that is
wat it say in
http://brashear.phys.appstate.edu/lhawkins/photo/camrep.faq.html#ques_O19 a
resource that hares or has its origin with the list.
Or just forget about manual control, and use spotmeter-automatic, just like
the camera is designed :)
Just my two cents, but I honestly hardly ever switch to manual.
Good luck,
Bart
On 10/4/06, S Revlis <srevlis3@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Thanks a ton. I got the right tooth so all settings are good.
>
> I still think the speed selector ring is too hard to turn even after I
> cleaned things up. I want to apply some lube but some people say it'll just
> attract gunk. On the other hand some say a small about of Teflon based
> spray is the way to go.
>
> If I can't loosen it up, then it's no fun, and I might as well just go
> back to my big old R5.
>
> Anyone's best advice for lubing the speed ring and I'd thank you kindly...
>
> Mark wrote:
> Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2006 20:25:15 -0400 (EDT)
> From: Mark To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [OM] Re: OM-4 speed ring help needed
>
> On Tue, 3 Oct 2006, S Revlis wrote:
>
> > I took off and cleaned the speed selector ring but moved the toothed
> wheel
> > in the mirror box which tells the camera which speed it's at (manual).
> So
> > I turned the wheel until 1/60 showed in finder then put the selector
> ring
> > back on with 60th on top and thought I'd done a good thing. Everything
> > looked good at first, speeds from 2000th to 1 match in the finder and on
> > the selector ring and in my ear, I need to push the little botton to get
> > to Red 60th but here is the strange part: when I select "B" the shutter
> > goes at something fast maybe 60th maybe more. What did I do wrong? How
> > to fix it? Thanks
>
> Sounds like you're off by a tooth. Here's a picture of what it should look
> like at 1/2000: http://olympus.dementia.org/misc/OM-4_dial.jpg
> Adjust the dial so that it looks like the one in the picture and your
> bulb setting should come back.
> -mark
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