It sounds like the camera is "overwound" due to greasy levers in the bottom
of the camera.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "S P Krone" <spkrone@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2002 9:51 PM
Subject: RE: [OM] Re: Did the bottom fall out...
>
>
> Hello,
> I would like to Reintroduce myself to the list - I only just found the
list
> a month or so ago and decided to walk away due to the sheer volume of
posts
> as well as it seems a difference of opinion on a matter that seems to have
> come about anyway (ebay ID's - so that someone like myself who has more
> equipment than I can use can have the chance to consider not driving hard
on
> an item against a fellow lister who really needs that item).
> Since that time I have made a few purchases for bodies and lenses in the
not
> so great cosmetics department to put away so that I may always have those
> wonderful mechanical cameras to use (regardless of their "pretty" value)
and
> have put my whole kit up (less uglies) for sale. You may have seen my
> auction, "All My OM 75+..."
> Can't really say weather I will sell those items or not, as there are
quite
> a few pieces - and I do not intend to give them away, or give someone such
a
> margin that they can just turn around and sell them individually for far
> more. They are more to me than just pieces of commerce, so a "no sale"
> will not really be a problem. At some time in the future I may just sell
> them individually or in groups or may make them available to loan to
trusted
> individuals. I am sorry as I have blathered on like this and have not
come
> to the problem at hand.
> I was sitting at my desk today and reached over and picked up the black
> OM-4t just to run it through my hands and listen to the sound (am I the
only
> one who does this?) and the shutter locked! I do not know what to do, I
> have replace batteries - put it on B and 60 - pressed the rewind button, I
> am at a loss folks. I am not worried about the auction as I will
certainly
> send this to any potential buyers repair man of choice, but this camera
has
> had less than 20 rolls of film put through it. What am I doing wrong!?
> Other than some 2n's this is the only electronically controlled camera I
own
> (+ another 4T).
> I really would appreciate any help you can offer,
> Thanks, Paul
>
>
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