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Subject: [OM] Re: OM2SP winder fault
From: "Wayne Harridge" <wayneharridge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2005 20:24:06 +1000
> 
> I just had a phone call from the nice people at Peak Imaging 
> telling me the five rolls of Sensia I sent them have only one 
> exposed frame between them.
> 
> The OM2SP I shot them on makes all the right noises, but on 
> 'back open' inspection the shutter doesn't open when using a 
> Winder2. It appears to be OK from the 'normal' shutter release.
> 
> Can I ever trust it again?
> 
> Should I sell everything I've got and get an E-1?
> 
> Why did I wait until the last minute to haul myself up to 
> Bamburgh for my Tope shot?
> 

Same thing happened to me with an OM-2SP, evidently (for mine) it was a
faulty switch which sits in the bottom of the mirror box.  I have never
forgiven it, so it is banished to storage now (even though the switch was
replaced).  I've never had this problem with any other OM body.

...Wayne

 



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