You'll have to open the bottom first. You should be holding the camera so
the lens mount is pointing away from you.
There is a long gray lever running from left to right, just in front of the
tripod socket. Note the shoulder screw that is holding it at the right
end. The slot under the shoulder screw indicates the travel limits of the
lever . This lever is probably in the release position, or hhas slid to the
right, the last time the shutter button was pushed down. With a pen point
or tweezers, try pushing the lever back by sliding it gently to the left.
This "release slider" should go back gently and also make the outer release
button go back up.
Watter damage in the linkage may have caused the jamming, as could impact or
a broken spring.
John
Camtech
Konrad Pizzuto wrote:
> Hi,
>
> My girlfriend's OM-10 has a problem. The shutter button is stuck down
> and will not come back up, and the lever to move to the next frame on
> the film will not allow you to operate it (as in when the shutter button
> is already cocked) The shutter release button can be pulled back up,
> but the mechanism it is pushing is stuck. The mirror is down, as it
> should when the camera is not operating, the metering works, the
> batteries are new. It just doesn't work.
>
> Can anyone help me, please...
>
> I am desperate, cos she is desperate !!!
>
> thanks
>
> Konrad Pizzuto
>
>
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