The OM-2S, 3 and 4s can all come down with the same problem. Overwind due
to greasy wind mechanisms. This is more likely to happen as the camera gets
older. And to make it more annoying, the wind lever mechanism is stamped
shut at the factory.
John Hermanson
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Chuck Norcutt" <norcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus mail list" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2001 8:47 PM
Subject: [OM] OM-3 wind question
| I spoke with a friend today who owns an OM-4 and a very recently
| acquired OM-3. He was anticipating having to shoot in the cold weather
| and, not trusting the OM-4 to do its thing in the cold, he added an OM-3
| to his kit.
|
| Now he's perplexed. He took the OM-3 out in the cold weather and says
| he encountered a problem with the wind mechanism "free-wheeling". That
| is, he could keep on winding the film even though he hadn't fired the
| shutter. At first he was concerned that he had torn the film sprockets
| due to the cold but later on, after the camera had warmed a little it
| began behaving normally. Also, after examination of the film, it was
| clear that the sprockets were OK.
|
| So, what was going on here? Why is this OM-3 misbehaving in the
| environment it's supposed to be well suited to?
|
| Chuck Norcutt
| Woburn, Massachusetts, USA
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