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Re: [OM] Shutter speed ring

Subject: Re: [OM] Shutter speed ring
From: Mikael von Numers <mnumers@xxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 11:07:56 -0700
Olaf Schultz wrote:
> 
> Moin,
> 
> Charles Loeven wrote:
> ...
> > Do you mean the wear was making the movement loose?
> No, the wear eroses the grooves, the ball gets deeper and not so easy
> out of it.

I regularly (maybe once in a year) take of the bayonetmount and the
shutter speed ring. It is then easy to carefully clean the speed ring
and put a *very* small amount of oil on the grooves.The speed ring will
get stiff with time, but this procedure will make it feel like new
again.

Mikael

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