Early OM-1 production used a white battery wire. Some were black. Later this
became brown, right up to the very last 1N (sigh).
The layout of the meter board changed several times too. The wire in question
is
probably the battery wire and should be soldered to the switch contact.
John
Lars Haven wrote:
> Jay Maynard wrote:
> >
> > I got industrious this evening and removed the foan between the hot shoe
> > bracket and pentaprism on my OM-1. Then I had to go back in and replace the
> > pentaprism because i broke it when putting the top cover on. (Argh.) In the
> > process of all that, I broke the white wire that goes across in front of the
> > pentaprism off where it attaches at the left side of the camera.
> > Unfortunately, I didn't notice where it had been hooked up. Where should I
> > connect it? I can solder quite well, thankfully...I tried the pad at the
> > front right of the little circuit board, but the meter's not working, so I
> > must have either gotten it wrong or broken something else. (Maitani-san, why
> > didn't you use a little bit bigger wire?)
> >
> I have just popped the lid on my old OM1. The only white wire in my
> camera connects to the hot shoe bracket. It runs along the left side
> of the pentaprism (when looking down from the back side of the camera).
> There is a brown wire along the front of the pentaprism. That one starts
> at the battery holder and ends at the pad to the right of the switch
> on the circuit, right next to the pentaprism.
>
> I hope this helps.
>
> Regards
> Lars
>
> --
> Lars Haven <mailto:lhaven@xxxxxxxxxxxx> http://isa.dknet.dk/~lhaven
> "When writing about women, one must dip one's pen in a rainbow"
> D. Diderot
>
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