Yes, John see got the camera wet with sea water. What is it that I can
do to get it to work again?? Pleassse??
cheers
Konrad
John Hermanson wrote:
>
> Wasn't this camera salt water damaged? Or am I thinking of someone else?
>
> John
>
> Konrad Pizzuto wrote:
>
> > Following your advice (John of Camtech) I managed to restore the button
> > on my girlfriend's OM-10 to its working position. The problem is that
> > once the shutter is fired, it blocks again.
> >
> > If you could help me once again, here is a short diagnoses:
> > That long lever thingy that crosses from side to side: once it moves
> > right it seems to NOT spring back enough to restore the button to its
> > upright position.
> >
> > I found some oil-like stuff on that oval-flywheel-sort-of-cogwheel
> > thingy on the left hand side as you hold the lens away from you. Is
> > that meant to be there? On my om-10 it was clean, but I did not dare
> > clean of the grease.
> >
> > Also, there is a notch that falls into a sort of u-shaped groove, thus
> > restoring the button. The notch seems to stick just at the top of the
> > "valley" so to speak, and does not fall into its place.
> >
> > Now, one last thing. The small white plastic block at the right hand
> > side, to which the long grey lever is sort of couple to or something...
> > does that supply some springing action, or rather, is it meant to supply
> > some springing action????
> >
> > Anyway, assuming you can follow what I described above... what action
> > can I take to possibly restore the camera to working order. Can I spray
> > WD-40 or something similar or not? The linkage seems intact, so that
> > should not be broken or anything like that. Is it simply a
> > lubrification problem... since you said not to use lubricants with the
> > lens blade on a 50mm, once, I assumed, for now, that I was not meant to
> > lubricate. So, do I spray some WD-40 or not??
> >
> > Thanks so much for your patience and help...
> >
> > regards
> >
> > Konrad
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