I had an OM-1 last week with bad frame counter because the user had
installed new foam right over the reset tap. Usually the cause of
non-reseting counter is impact or grease which has migrated to the counter.
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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
Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> Ali pointed you to John Hermanson of Camtech on Long Island for possible
> service. John is for-real Olympus service tech and regular contributor
> to this list on service tips (including when not to try it yourself).
>
> We haven't heard from him recently but another list contributing Olympus
> service tech is Clint Rumbo of PhotoSphere in Dallas.
>
> Here's an old post from Clint on the subject of stuck frame counters:
> The original poster's question is below Clint's response.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------
> From: "PhotoSphere Olympus Camera Service" <olyfix@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [OM] Re: Broke my picture-number-dial-thing
> Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2004 18:15:19 -0600
>
>
> Sometimes the arm that starts the film counter counting gets stuck. If
> you open the back of the camera and look at the upper slot where the
> edge of the back cover fits into the body you should see a small opening
> in that slot just above and between the sprocket and the take-up spool.
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