The shoe screws can fall completely into the camera in some cases, in
others, the screws fall out but get caught by a big piece of sticky tape
which acts as an insulator.
Another down side is that the shoe contacts are hard soldered directly to a
flex board.
John
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----- Original Message -----
From: Joel Wilcox <jowilcox@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 1999 8:49 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] re:(OM)Flash shoe repair
> At 07:06 PM 8/10/1999 -0400, Gregg you wrote in part:
> >What I really wonder is will the shoe continue to get looser through
> >vibration etc. if I leave it alone - no flash on it? It looks from the
> >side like it may have two posts that go through the pentaprizm cover.
> >I'm thinking they might have nuts on the other end that might come loose
> >and cause more problems.
> >
> >I'm not considering opening up the top. I don't have the tools to do it
> >anyway. I'll stick to teaching and let John do the repairing!
> >
> >Gregg
> >
>
> Gregg,
>
> I gather the difficulty is not getting the shoe tight again but the
> disassembly and reassembly, but I don't know for sure. It's certainly a
> drag it's happening already to a 4T. This is perhaps not one of the best
> design elements of the later model OM's?
>
> Joel Wilcox
> Iowa City, Iowa USA
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