I have also occasionally found 1mm ball bearings jammed in the lower gears.
One is all it takes and it stops the camera in it's tracks.
John Hermanson
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Clendon Gibson" <bsandyman@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2001 11:55 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] -2s Problems
| I had a 2n jam on me.
|
| After much wailing and gnashing of teeth, and
| exploring the many suggestions from people on this
| list, I finally took it to a repair place.
|
| It turned out that a screw had fallen from a lens
| (which had failed to operate properly shortly before
| the lens jammed) and had lodged itself between the
| "shutter curtain" and the side of the camera. Until
| the curtain could close completely the film could not
| be advanced.
|
| Is Shutter Curtain the right phrase? This was a piece
| of black material ( I forget if it was metal or cloth
| or what) that came between the film and the lens.
|
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