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Re: [OM] OM40/PC lock ups

Subject: Re: [OM] OM40/PC lock ups
From: "John Hermanson" <omtech@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 2 Jan 2000 16:55:38 -0500
This fix usually involves removing the main casting of the camera to get at
the lower circuit board.

John
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----- Original Message -----
From: Chip Stratton <cstrat@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2000 10:14 AM
Subject: RE: [OM] OM40/PC lock ups


>
> > I come to use it I'm finding that it tends to lock up on the first shot
of
> > the day, irrespective of mode. The mirror locks up, shutter stays open
and
> > the camera goes dead, including battery check.
> >
> > If I unscrew the battery cover the shutter will close and the
> > mirror returns
>
>
> It might be that the battery cover doesn't make a reliable electrical
> contact with the body. Is it a chrome cover or a black one? The black
ones,
> and I don't know that the PC ever came with a black one, have been
> associated with poor electrical contact.
>
> Chip Stratton
> cstrat@xxxxxxxxx
>
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