It's simple, the release button won't go back up because the pivot (behind the
front plate) is rusted. You'd have to remove the circuit and completely
separate the from mirror box casting from the rest of the body to get at it.
Good luck.
Its way way too much to try to describe in email. And considering its a 10,
labor rates put it in the "beyond economical repair" category.
John
Conrad Pizzuto wrote:
> Yes, John see got the camera wet with sea water. What is it that I can
> do to get it to work again?? Pleassse??
>
> cheers
>
> Konrad
>
> John Hermanson wrote:
> >
> > Wasn't this camera salt water damaged? Or am I thinking of someone else?
> >
>
> > John
> >
> > Konrad Pizzuto wrote:
> >
> > > Following your advice (John of Camtech) I managed to restore the button
> > > on my girlfriend's OM-10 to its working position. The problem is that
> > > once the shutter is fired, it blocks again.
> > >
> > > If you could help me once again, here is a short diagnoses:
> > > That long lever thingy that crosses from side to side: once it moves
> > > right it seems to NOT spring back enough to restore the button to its
> > > upright position.
> > >
> > > I found some oil-like stuff on that oval-flywheel-sort-of-cogwheel
> > > thingy on the left hand side as you hold the lens away from you. Is
> > > that meant to be there? On my om-10 it was clean, but I did not dare
> > > clean of the grease.
> > >
> > > Also, there is a notch that falls into a sort of u-shaped groove, thus
> > > restoring the button. The notch seems to stick just at the top of the
> > > "valley" so to speak, and does not fall into its place.
> > >
> > > Now, one last thing. The small white plastic block at the right hand
> > > side, to which the long grey lever is sort of couple to or something...
> > > does that supply some springing action, or rather, is it meant to supply
> > > some springing action????
> > >
> > > Anyway, assuming you can follow what I described above... what action
> > > can I take to possibly restore the camera to working order. Can I spray
> > > WD-40 or something similar or not? The linkage seems intact, so that
> > > should not be broken or anything like that. Is it simply a
> > > lubrification problem... since you said not to use lubricants with the
> > > lens blade on a 50mm, once, I assumed, for now, that I was not meant to
> > > lubricate. So, do I spray some WD-40 or not??
> > >
> > > Thanks so much for your patience and help...
> > >
> > > regards
> > >
> > > Konrad
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