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[OM] Re: E-series quality problems

Subject: [OM] Re: E-series quality problems
From: Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 04 Apr 2007 13:19:48 -0700
Ali Shah wrote:
> Did the OM10 also have quality issues? 
Yes, the first version had plastic curtain rollers, which gave some 
problems, but worst was the "sticky magnet syndrome". Oil from the 
shutter mechanism would get into the electromagnet that held the second 
curtain open and it wouldn't release when the current was released.

A redesign replaced the rollers with metal and moved the magnet from 
back near the shutter to the front of the body. There, it was both much 
less prone to the oil problem and much easier to clean if it did happen.

Then they took that basic body, did a bit of external redesign, moved 
manual from an add-on into the body and called the result OM-20 in No. 
Am. and OM-G elsewhere. A lovely little camera and what the OM-10 
"shoulda been".

Moose

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