I suggest to most people with 10s and Gs (these bodies are related and
share problems) not to store these cameras (or any cameras) with the shutter
wound. Once the magnet gets oily though, this doesn't help much.
There's a second electromagnet that gets oily and when that happens the
mirror locks halfway up (and is harder to fix.)
Also, the main shutter gears are plastic. Occasionally the main cocking
tooth (that is pushed to wind the curtains) breaks off or looses its edge,
so the mating gear stud slips over it. . This requires the most stripping
down of any 10 repair.
John Hermanson
Camtech
http://www.zuiko.com
Ingemar Uvhagen wrote:
> VELUWEH@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> > But they do give more troubles than the OM-1 family. The most common
> > one seems to be the oily shutter magnet, which makes shutter speeds
> > unreliable. John can without any doubt name a few other common OM-10
> > problems.
>
> John who? Anyway, please tell me John, I am curious to know. It will let
> me
> be more aware of possible problems in the future and I may then know
> what
> it is all about.
>
> > The OM-10 was my first OM, bought second hand, and I happily used it
> > for eight years; it only needed service once (yes the shutter magnet).
>
> Eight years! I have heard a camera should get served at least every
> third
> year... Right? Well, at least on electronic cameras, if I may call them
> (OM-10 for instance) "electronic". H'm, what I am trying to say is that
> a
> pure manual camera does not need as much service as "nothing" can go
> wrong,
> if you know what I mean. For example I also have a Canon FP from the mid
> 60's and that one is still very good and I would like to believe it is
> because it is a manual camera. Besides, I have heard that a manual
> camera
> is only working better if it is used regularly while a camera with
> electronic parts may fail if it is not checked every now and then.
> Correct
> me if I am wrong. (Sorry about the off-topic.)
>
> > multi spot metering, multiple off-camera TTL flashes, the 2-4 screen,
> > the more silent Motor Drive (yes the noise of the Winder is horrible),
>
> Well, I don't have a Winder only lenses.... Man, I have not even a
> flash!
>
> > 1/2000 shutter speed,
>
> I must admit I miss that sometimes, usually because of too much light so
> I
> will buy an ND filter one of these days.
>
> Regards/
> Ingemar Uvhagen
> Gislaved, Sweden
>
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