Hi again.
You'll be happy to know it all worked! When I first touched the material at
the bottom of the lightbox I thought that it was made of some sort of black
ceramic because to the touch it's like a ceramic nail file, so I thought the
instructions in the camera repair faq were wrong for the Om10 (it saying
Om-F and G). But I gently probed the small hole on the left and voila!
John, the problem was also occuring with the manual adaptor, but I really
liked having the extra information.
Ok, another quicky. I know that the Om10 takes exposure readings off the
film, and when this problem first started I had a look at the trouble
shooting bit at the back of the manual and it said that the camera would
make longer exposures when there was no film in, because of the inside back
being black, so I cut a small length from a film and put it inside. But I
noticed that the colours of film isn't quite the same. I compared a 200 ASA
and a 400 ASA from different manufacturers and one was markedly darker. Is
this anything to be concerned about? I really want to 'use' this camera to
be creative, and not just click away like with my other 35mm (which seems
like a toy now).
Anyway, a big thanks to everyone who's helped so far.
S.
From: john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Reply-To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [OM] Om10 with shutter/exposure problem
Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2002 19:54:48 +0000
Do you have a manual adaptor? If you have, does this happen in manual
as well? If it does, it may well be a sticky magnet problem.
BUT, if it it happens *only* in auto, it's very likely to be the ASA
resistor that lives under the film speed dial. It gets "dirty" over
time and the first few shots way over exposed like you are getting is
the classic symptom. Try turning the film speed dial to and fro
several times before making the first exposure. Does that alleviate
the problem? If it does, it's definitely a dirty ASA resistor. No big
deal to get it fixed as part of a CLA.
Let's know what happens.
Regards
John Gruffydd (Mold, Wales, UK)
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