That happened to me a couple times back in the early '80's when my OM2n was
reletively new. When it became time for a CLA, I drove to Olympus in Woodbury,
and they were installing small black plastic pieces between the switch & body to
stop this. Back then, they charged $65 also including the CLA. Maybe John was
the
one doing those back then... :)
Larry
Michael Darling wrote:
> In the past I've put a small drop of Locktite or some other thread-lock
> medium on that switch to keep it set to X. I NEVER use FP sync, and AFAIK
> never want to.
>
> Haven't had any problems since! :)
>
> Mike
>
> on 1/23/02 7:17 AM, pirjol at pirjol@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> >> Sounds to me like you're set to use focal-plane flashbulbs. Find the
> > rotary
> >> switch and change it from "FP" to "X".
> >> Jim
> >
> > As I read this, I was thinking: "Of course it was on X, I'm not that
> > dumb...".
> > And I went over to my OM and stared completely stunned... The switch was on
> > FP!!! Oh my God! I can't believe I could do such a mistake!
> >
> > All along, I was thinking of various explanations, when it actually was so
> > simple!
> >
> > Thanks very very much.
> > Next time I'll double check.
> > cris
>
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