Luton Cameras or Colchester Cameras seem to get the best rep. I can speak
only of the former, whose work has been good.
Welcome aboard. You realise that by joining this list your chances of not
buying a backup body have reduced to near zero, particularly now the enabler
in chief is back...
Julian
----- Original Message -----
From: "jonathan arklay" <jsarklay@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, November 29, 2003 11:35 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] sick om4
> Thanks my friend, how right you were.
> I have had a good look at the problem and have concluded that a pro repair
> is required. Besides which I think the old girl could do with a service, I
> am UK based, can anyone recommend a top service dude over here.
>
> Thanks folks,
>
> jon
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Moose
> Sent: 29 November 2003 22:08
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [OM] sick om4
>
>
> The latch mechanism is pretty simple and straight forward. Not much to go
> wrong other than the rewind knob comming unscrewed from the shaft or the
> latch itself getting stuck with some foreign matter, or perhaps bent. John
> H., one of our members who is a professional Olympus repair person posted
> this in the past:
>
> "Was the leather reglued recently? Sounds like the backlatch is glued.
One
> way to open back is to peel up leather at that end, take latch cover
> off(don't loose the little spacers) and lift latch manually (or clean out
> glue first.)"
>
> He means the leather on the body, not the back. And the latch cover is a
> little plate held on with a couple of screws. You can see the latch
> (ZC452000), latch cover (CE558000), etc. in the upper right part of
Exploded
> Parts Diagram 2/9 here
> <http://olympus.dementia.org/Hardware/PDFs/OM-4_1of4.pdf>
>
> Although neither of them address this particular question, a couple of
good
> references for Oly problems and info that address many many other
questions
> are Lee Hawkins site
> <http://brashear.phys.appstate.edu/lhawkins/photo/photo.html> and the site
> of the diagrams I refer to above, Mark Dapoz' site
> <http://olympus.dementia.org/Hardware/>.
>
>
> If it does need pro help, 2 of our members are pros who specialize in
> Oly and have superb reputations, John Hermanson, at zuiko.com, and Clint
> Rumbo, at Olyfix.com.
>
> Moose
>
> jonathan arklay wrote:
>
> >Mickey,
> >Thanks for the advice, still no joy, I think that a trip to the camera
Doc
> >is in order, I fear that the rewind knob is lifting far hire than it
> should.
> >Every one cross there fingers for me that it doesn't cost too much, I was
> >saving for a 28mm f2, oh well, no good having lenses without a working
body
> >I suppose.
> >jon.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >[mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Mickey Trageser
> >Sent: 29 November 2003 20:05
> >To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >Subject: Re: [OM] sick om4
> >
> >
> >Jon,
> >Try pressing on the damn door as if to close it while pulling the rewind
> >knob up, then release the door. If that doesn't work, try gently warming
> >that end of the door with a hair dryer. This may loosen up the action. Be
> >careful not to heat it up too much.
> >Mickey
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "jonathan arklay" <jsarklay@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Sent: Saturday, November 29, 2003 2:06 PM
> >Subject: [OM] sick om4
> >
> >
> >
> >
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