It is more likely the damper will get oily or dirty with age. The damper is
a tiny shock absorber. It counts on air leaking out around the cylinder at
a certain rate to work properly. When it gets dirty or oily, it moves
slower, the air can't escape, the mirror motion becomes jerky.
While it would be bad for a regular shock absorber to loose air, the OM air
damper must be leaky to work properly.
John Hermanson
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Bernd Möller" <dsl33687a@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2001 7:03 AM
Subject: [OM] Air damper wear?
Hi all,
Reading the Maitani interview, I thought about the problem of wear of the
air dampers used in our OM's. These devices must show some wear at some
time. Damper sealings cannot keep tight forever, I think. The result must
therefore be a mirror getting louder with the age and the use of a camera.
Has this been discussed before? Does anybody have experience here?
Bernd Möller
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