Welcome to the family, or dysfunction junction, depending on how you look at
it.
Oily diaphragm mech in the "newer" 1.8s is common. Sometimes the oil is
just in the back rings, other times it's in the rings and the blades. This
calls for complete disassembly and degreasing. Blades and mechanism should
be bone dry before rebuilding.
John Hermanson
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----- Original Message -----
From: "John F Wheeler" <wheelej@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2001 5:13 PM
Subject: [OM] New Bloke
| Greetings from the Wide Brown Land.
|
| I've just joined the list having come across an OM-2 with 50mm f1.8
Auto-S,
| Body serial 369583. I've been spending a day a week as a volunteer at a
| local charity fixing donated secondhand computers when I spotted the
| camera. Being a bit of a photo nut in the past (65 years young, just
| retired) I pounced and managed to secure the beast.
|
| A test film produced excellent results so the new toy looks in danger of
| becoming the newest obsession.
|
| The only problem seems to be that the diaphram gets sticky on the smaller
| apertures and fails to return to wide-open position. I've removed the back
| plate from the lens and had a little play to see if it could be freed but
| not wanting to upset focus etc didn't wish to proceed further.
|
| Is this a common problem? Is there anything I can do to fix it?
|
| Regards,
| John Wheeler
| Collaroy Plateau NSW
| Australia
|
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