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Re: [OM] OM40/PC lock ups

Subject: Re: [OM] OM40/PC lock ups
From: "Keith (R.K.) Berry" <keith_r.k.berry@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2000 22:22:26 -0000
Stephen Border wrote:
>I recently bought a mint looking OM40/PC that looks as if it can't have had
>more than a dozen rolls through it. It checked out in store OK but now that
>I come to use it I'm finding that it tends to lock up on the first shot of
>the day, irrespective of mode. The mirror locks up, shutter stays open and
>the camera goes dead, including battery check...
>

Try removing the base securing screws one at a time and cleaning up their
threads as a bit of rust or dirt here can cause intermittent battery power
return problems (repeating someone's post to that effect of a few months
ago).
An OM-40 is too good to be used just as an ornament!

Regards,
Keith Berry (Birmingham, England)
keith_r.k.berry@xxxxxxxxxx
http://homepages.which.net/~k.berry


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