OM-10 with the type II shutter (metal curtain shafts) and repositioned
magnet are serial number 2,000,000 and above. If serial number is
suspect, open shutter on B and look for a screw hole at the back edge of
the plate that covers the mirror box floor. North America was OM-G,
OM-20 everywhere else.
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Camtech Photo Services, Inc.
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Moose wrote:
> Ali Shah wrote:
>
>>Did the OM10 also have quality issues?
>
> Yes, the first version had plastic curtain rollers, which gave some
> problems, but worst was the "sticky magnet syndrome". Oil from the
> shutter mechanism would get into the electromagnet that held the second
> curtain open and it wouldn't release when the current was released.
>
> A redesign replaced the rollers with metal and moved the magnet from
> back near the shutter to the front of the body. There, it was both much
> less prone to the oil problem and much easier to clean if it did happen.
>
> Then they took that basic body, did a bit of external redesign, moved
> manual from an add-on into the body and called the result OM-20 in No.
> Am. and OM-G elsewhere. A lovely little camera and what the OM-10
> "shoulda been".
>
> Moose
>
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