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Re: [OM] OM2 Spot Program - new problem class?

Subject: Re: [OM] OM2 Spot Program - new problem class?
From: clintonr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Mon, 02 Jul 2001 07:04:48 -0500
We see this occasionally -- rare, but can happen on almost every SLR. 
Practical method is to re-cement the mirror to the frame in place --
done it dozens of times in 20 years, never a problem yet. 
Checking/adjusting the finder focus after is mandatory, of course.

O.C wrote:
> 
> Dear List,
> 
> Yesterday I returned an OM2SP to the camera shop where I bought it on the
> 9/6/2000. It had only been 20 days and I must admit I had fired the shutter
> over a thousand times just to hear that lovely sound it makes. I loaded it
> with film yesterday to shoot some of the scenery outside my place.
> 
> I framed up the scene I was going to take in a vertical fashion and the
> view went dark all of a sudden! I put the camera horizontal and the view
> returned. I removed the lens to find that the mirror was free of its frame
> and could be moved by simply moving the camera body! I was so glad I didn't
> press the shutter like I was going to, doing perhaps untold damage.
> 
> I would imagine the mirrors on the 3 & 4 are the same being half mirrored
> etc. Is this a common problem? Apparently the previous owner had used the
> camera in very cold environments. The shop expert thought the glues may
> have become brittle and come loose because of it. He offered me free repair
> or a refund. I decided on a refund even though he assured me two dollops of
> glue would hold it back in place for another 20 years.
> 
> Has anyone else faced this mirror problem?
> 
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