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----- Original Message -----
From: Jerry Stackhouse <jstack@xxxxxxxx>
To: Olympus (E-mail) <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 1999 8:26 PM
Subject: RE: [OM] Shutter jam cause?
> No the mirror is in its proper resting position. The more I look at the
> camera, the more it looks like it has been dropped - no external
> marks/dents but little things are off - like the alignment between the
> speed LEDs and the shutter speed indicator.
>
> Does Camtech have a web site that i can contact them through for service
> and repairs? Thanks.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Hermanson [SMTP:omtech@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 1999 5:27 PM
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [OM] Shutter jam cause?
>
> If the mirror in the OM-10 is locked halfway up, that is mirror lock. The
> first cause is dead batteries but it could be caused by any of a dozen
> things, even failure of the mirror magnet.
>
> John
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Lars Haven <lhaven@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 1999 3:37 PM
> Subject: Re: [OM] Shutter jam cause?
>
>
> > Jerry Stackhouse wrote:
> > >
> > > Any suggestions as to why the shutter in one of my OM-10s would jam.
> Can't
> > > advance film lever or get shutter to trip again. Batteries are OK.
> Thanks!
> > >
> > Hi Jerry,
> >
> > I encountered this phenomenon on an OM-2n a couple of weeks ago.
> > The camera had been dropped on concrete pavement (not recommended).
> > That had caused the mirror mechanism to get out of alignment, so
> > the mirror mechanism was not primed when the film was advanced. The
> > camera stayed jammed until the mechanism was adjusted and the
> > mirror manually primed.
> > It is no longer jammed, but I strongly suspect that focus of
> > that particular camera is no longer very precise.
> >
> > Anyway, if the mechanism of the OM10 is anything like the OM2, you
> > could have that kind of situation. It might be easy to fix - or
> > maybe not. It is a compilcated mechanism.
> >
> > Regards
> > Lars
> > --
> > Lars Haven <mailto:lhaven@xxxxxxxxxxxx> http://isa.dknet.dk/~lhaven
> > "When writing about women, one must dip one's pen in a rainbow"
> > D. Diderot
> >
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