Sometimes when I've changed screens I haven't got the screen holder pushed
up all of the way. On a least one of my cameras the holder will stay closed
for a long period without being completely pushed up. Good luck figuring out
what happened.
-jeff
----Original Message Follows----
From: "GeeBee" <graham@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Hi Chuck,
Yes. The problem was definitely with the body. I was also packing 2 OM2's
(colour and b&w) when the problem arose and there was only a problem with
one body.
--Graham
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chuck Norcutt" <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, August 26, 2006 10:19 PM
Subject: [OM] Re: Focus problem
> You said you "put **a** lens on it" and a "couple of other lenses".
> What about the original offenders? Did they check out too?
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
> GeeBee wrote:
>
>> Out shooting with OM2 SP today I noticed when using the Zuiko 180mm for
a
>> landscape shot that it didn't quite rack out to infinity when I focussed
>> on
>> a distant church. It was only just short of infinity so I disregarded
it.
>> Next shot was with the 35- 80 zoom and a boat in the foreground was
about
>> 75
>> ft away. When I checked the focus scale on the lens it was showing 12ft.
>> Despite this the boat was in sharp focus in the veiwfinder. I switched
>> lenses and the same thing happened with the 50mm. Ground glass image in
>> focus but the scale on the lens indicated much closer than the object
>> actuallt was.
>>
>> I was resigned to a repair job so I pulled the film and loaded into
>> another
>> body when I returned home. I removed the focus screen from the offending
>> OM2
>> and looked for any obvious signs trouble but was unable to detect
>> anything.
>> I gave the camera a good blowing out with a brush, put a lens on it and
>> focussed out of the window on an object that I would expect to be at
>> infinity. The lens scale confirmed it and racked out all the way to the
>> infinity symbol. Tried a couple of other lenses and all is working well.
>> Anyone have any ideas on what the problem might have been?
>>
>> --Graham
>>
>>
>>
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