That camera has probably been tampered with. When it was re-assembled, he
left the latch spring out.
John Hermanson
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----- Original Message -----
From: "John ORegan" <joreg@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "OM" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2001 4:17 PM
Subject: [OM] another OM10 back door problem
| I have a recent acquisition - an OM10 with a back door that only stays
| closed with the force of gravity! I know this is a recent thread, but my
| symptoms are a little different. The door catch is fine, but the hook on
the
| body has gone all floppy. I read the Repair Faqs and it describes the
sudden
| ejection of the hook tensioner spring when disassembling. I guess this is
| what happened to mine in a previous existance so I have a floppy spring.
My
| '10 is cosmetically challenged but otherwise works OK. Its not worth
paying
| someone to repair it but it could be satisfying to do it myself.
|
| Question: is this spring easy enough to replace or should I just continue
to
| wrap an elastic band around it when in use? - I've never looked inside a
| camera's insides before.
|
| Another question - I suppose the general consensus must be that the
| Cosina/Vivitar/ANother 19-35 is not a sensible replacement or supplement
for
| Zuiko wideangles (21/24/28) just to go a bit wider and narrower? Archives
| are a bit vague on the quality of this lens - I just a general feeling of
| its OK-ness.
|
| Tia
|
| JohnOR
|
|
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