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Subject: [OM] Re: om3 (mechanical?) problems
From: Chris Buckett <chrisbuckett@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 11:58:15 +0100
Hate to say it but my OM4T's in for repair with the same problem -
£260 quid from camera-clinic in London.  I feel  lost!
I took a photo, wound it on, and then the shutter release seemed to
lock and then no powering up apart from the battery test.

Chris.


On Thu, 30 Sep 2004 11:06:20 +0100 (BST), James Michael King
<jking@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> On Thu, 30 Sep 2004, iwert wrote:
> 
> >
> > James,
> >
> > This sounds like "overwound"...
> >
> > You can try opening the bottom and fiddling around, but a CLA would be more
> > appropriate.
> >
> > Iwert.
> 
> OUCH sounds PAINFUL! is this common?
> I did open up the bottom to have a look at the mechanics but it looked
> COMPLICATED.
> 
> >> *cry*
> >> *HELP*
> >>
> >> my om3 has a problem....
> >>
> >> last night I pressed the shutter, wound the film on and then found I could
> >> not depress the shutter button enough to take another shoot. I
> >> tried using a little force to see if I could turn the wind on crank more.
> > No it was
> >> not going any further... I pressed the R button and wound the film back
> >> into
> >> the cartridge and opened up the back. The curtain is in place and the
> >> mirror is down. The metering seems fine and the battery test passes.
> >
> >
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