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Re: [OM] stuck mirror

Subject: Re: [OM] stuck mirror
From: "Shawn Wright" <swright@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1998 15:24:40 -0800
On  6 Oct 98 at 16:56, lion1 wrote:

> <<Thanks for all the suggestions. I've tried all the above except putting
> in fresh batteries. The battery check light does light up, but perhaps
> fresh batteries would make a difference. Thanks, John.>>
> 
> Let us know if fresh batteries do the trick.
> I am not 100onvinced that the batteries are the whole story.
>  So far so good with my OM2.  The  mirror release may be more sensitive to
> weakening batteries than the meter.
> 
This was the case with the OM-10 I just "fixed". Mirror would jam once out of 
every 10 shots or so, yet meter worked fine. New 357 Silver Oxides did the 
trick.

I suspect the electromagnet for the shutter/mirror needs a *lot* more juice 
than a meter...

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Shawn Wright
Computer Systems Manager
Shawnigan Lake School
250-743-6240
swright@xxxxxxxxx

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