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Re: [OM] Winders

Subject: Re: [OM] Winders
From: "C.H.Ling" <chling@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2002 15:34:02 +0800
If you have film loaded, try to apply some light grease on the
camera's rewind shaft. I had the same problem on my MD-1 (actual
problem on the OM4), after some grease, it is perfect now.

C.H.Ling

Andre Goforth wrote:
> 
> Gee, what ring and where can you get one?
> 
> I've started to have problems with 4 of the 5 winders
> I have. First I thought it was the batteries but after
> putting two different sets of brand new ones in the
> winders and testing I eliminated them as the problem.
> Then I thought it was camera friction. But then I
> tried them out on a newly overhauled by Camtech OM 4T
> (which feels and works like a cat's meow after the
> overhaul) and get the same result: They miss winding
> fully sometime; in sequence shooting they slow down
> noticably in a roll of 36. (And the sound tired :) )
> 
> Andre
> 
> PS The winders with the most problems are the the 2s.
> I suspect the usage factor is critical. Looks don't
> matter. Two of the ugliest have performed flawlessly
> unless about 6 months ago; the minty ones have been
> temperamental.
>

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