BG2 does do some chirping, so it should be left as-is. 4T eyepiece is 3
separate elements. A thin cover glass and 2 adjustable elements. Maybe
someone dribbled beer into the eyepiece (hope not). Top has to come off to
work on it.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Andy Gilbert" <gilbs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus List" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, April 21, 2002 1:19 PM
Subject: [OM] OM Repairs
> Thanks to those who gave information on curing a slow lens diaphragm,
which
> was oil on the stopdown rings in front of the lens mount. A simple
repair,
> though fiddly with my huge hands :)
> Here's a couple more I hope someone could advise me on:
>
> 1) T32 flash. The ready light both on the camera & the flash never
> illuminate. It is not a battery problem, nor camera, leads, BG2 etc. I've
> ruled all these out by substitution. The BG2 chirps away merrily to itself
> so it's not a great problem as I can hear when it's charged. However I
would
> like to fix it. I have a schematic diagram of the T32, and do simple
> electronic repairs at work, so any advise would be appreciated. It would
be
> uneconomic to send it away for repair, I would imagine.
>
> 2) OM4 (not Ti) The viewfinder is unusable. This happened after foolishly
> letting various members of my family use it with BG2, T32 etc. in the pub
> when we were celebrating my mother passing her Degree! Not only did
someone
> set it to manual, so I got 72 shots of half frame, but I suspect it was
> knocked as well. The eyepiece has a blob in the middle, that looks as if
an
> element of the finder is either broken, or 2 glued elements are becoming
> separated. Does this sound familiar? It appears to be in the eyepiece
> rather than the prism. No doubt this is a Pro repair, and could be
combined
> with a CLA & refoam, but some advise on how serious it is would be great,
> thanks.
>
> Andy Gilbert
> Exeter
> Devon
> England
>
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