This is true. You can get light inside the camera without the motor drive cover
in place. We have them. $4 with mailing postage. Paul.
Julian Mattay wrote:
> >On the way home today I stopped at a hole in the wall store that always
> >seems to have a lot of manual stuff. They had an OM-1 in nice condition,
> >no hot shoe, except it was missing what appeared to be a winder cover (next
> >to the battery cover) and they had no lenses for it, preventing me from
>
> G'day Readers,
>
> I remember reading/hearing somewhere (very vague recollection) that light can
> infiltrate in to the film area if the winder connection hole on OM-1's is not
> covered.
> Can anyone confirm or rebut this?
>
> Cheers,
> Julian
>
> Julian Mattay, email: julian.mattay@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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