The clutch on the takeup spool is slipping allowing film to unwind on the
take-up side. Once the film bumches up, it starts to skip sprockets,
resulting in overlapping.
John Hermanson
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----- Original Message -----
From: james olson <james_olson@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, May 19, 2000 6:43 PM
Subject: [OM] OM-4 wind problems.
> i was wondering if anyone could help me with the following problem.... i
> have a well used and worn OM-4. when i have no film in the camera, the
> camera winds very freely and correctly. with film, exposures 1 - 20 or so
> are normal, then the camera gets increasingly hard to wind. around 28 or
so,
> i can feel the camera slip from time to time, so i am getting overlapped
> frames. it seems there is a sort of clutch inside, and i was wondering if
> this is possible to adjust, or if the camera is wearing out....
>
> thanks for any opinions/ knowledge.
>
> james.
>
>
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