The shutter speed magnet works more or less the same as the OM-10, and
they stick relatively frequently (causing even more excessive battery
drain than usual). MG-1, the 1st curtain release magnet (actually, a
permanent magnet which is repelled by a coil), works quite differently,
though "exercising" it this way _might_ help, and couldn't hurt....
John A. Lind wrote:
>
> Clint (and Chris):
> If the magnets are anything similar to the OM-10 in concept of operation, I
> found with mine . . . which stuck horribly after being stored for a long
> time . . . work fairly well after putting a Winder 2 on it and firing it
> about 500-600 times. Then I always left it stored without it wound to the
> next frame. If I forgot, the first couple of frames might overexpose
> slightly. That worked quite well until for a number of months I could send
> it for a CLA.
>
> -- John
>
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