>From http://brashear.phys.appstate.edu/lhawkins/photo/olympus.faq.html
Body Group - what to look for in a used body:
12) Some OM-2S's have a problem called "flying shutter strings"
where the strings that operated the shutter get loose and fly
up in front of the film. This results in odd dark shadows in
pictures taken with one of these cameras. Here is one way to
test a used camera for the problem (thanks to John Hermanson):
Mount a T32 in hot shoe (set to high auto setting), set the
camera to manual 1/60 (not mechanical 1/60), open the camera
back, place a piece of while translucent paper across the film
plane. Fire camera at close white background. You should
eventually be able to see the shadow of the string on the paper.
mvh / regards
Roger Key
>My wife took the OM2s on vacation a while back. Many of the photos came
>back with a dark unfocused loop in one corner. I remembered a thread on
>this list about the deadly 'flying shutter strings' and figured the 2s
>may need a little work.
>Bill B.
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