There's a tiny flex board inside the collar which gets corroded. Camera
will work fine in all regards except for meter relight. Meter is supposed
to relight when pressing the collar (not the release button). It is
repairable.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrew Tierney" <cybergibbons@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2002 2:40 PM
Subject: [OM] "Activator Button" on OM10
> Hi,
>
> I've got an OM10 with a broken activator button (the small piece of metal
round
> the shutter button). I think what it is supposed to do is wake the camera
from
> the power save mode, which it doesn't.
>
> Two questions:
>
> Does the camera still work fine in power save? If I press the shutter,
will it
> still take a properly exposed picture, even though the LEDs aren't on?
>
> How easy is this to fix? And is it worth it?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Andrew
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