>Here are a couple of questions from Sweden.
>
>I started using an OM-1 about 10 years ago. A few years later I bought a
>Winder-2 for it. The guys in the store told me if I wasn't planning on using
>the camera for a while, I didn't want to have the camera ready to take a
>shot, i.e. not taking the last picture with the winder. Instead I should use
>the ordinary camera button. This way, the shutter's mecanism and feathers
>wouldn't wear out.
>IS THIS TRUE? Does it wear down the mecanism faster to have the shutter
>ready for a longer while?
I have always understood that you should not leave the shutter cocked.
That is what they meant by not using the Winder for the last shot for a
while - the Winder takes the shot and leaves the shutter cocked.
Chris
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