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Re: [OM] OM-2n didn't advance the film - why or how?

Subject: Re: [OM] OM-2n didn't advance the film - why or how?
From: Roger Wesson <roger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2001 17:12:23 +0000
I've had problems with my OM-1n not winding on.  A handy hint from a
list member was that if you push the film leader right through the
take-up spool and out the other side (which I had unwittingly been
doing) then after about half a roll, the roll of film can become bulky
enough to lift the film off the sprocket teeth.

Roger

Jacob Cooper wrote:
> 
> > After taking over a dozen pictures, I was mildly preturbed to realize
> > that I hadn't come to the end of the roll. ( I was using 24-exposure
> > rolls)  I started rewinding, and became very preturbed when I felt
> > the
> > film snap all the way into the cassette after only four or five turns
> > of the rewind crank.
> 
> I've had similar experiences with my OM1. Only thing I've been able to
> figure is that the rewind release is finicky. In my case, it slips for
> about 15 frames, then engages, and I'll have shot sixty some pictures.
> Of course, by the end of the roll, I'm shooting out of annoyance, and
> don't get the shots I wanted! :) I've had to habituate myself to double
> and triple checking the derned lever before shooting. Don't know what's
> different on an OM2, though, so this may not apply.
> 
> Jake
>

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