Go into the cold long enough with any battery dependent camera, and it will
eventually lock up, if for no other reason than frozen batteries and their
deflated output. If it also won't wind and fire on mechanical B/60, then
there are other problems.
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Camtech, Olympus Sales & Service since 1977
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Steudel" <mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, January 27, 2003 3:20 PM
Subject: [OM] Olympus OM-4 Cold Weather Jam
> Hi Everyone,
>
> I am a new addition to the Olympus mailing list, hopefully I'm doing
> things correctly here ...
>
> I have a Olympus OM-4 that has some issues with the cold. After the
> camera is out in the cold for a while, it takes one last picture and
> then ceases to work after that. After I bring the camera down from the
> mountains, replaced the batters, it still stays jammed. The first time
> it happened I took it to a camera camera repair agent and they sent it
> to a repairer. This is the second time it's happened, and I would love
> to find out how to fix it myself, or at least what's going on. Any ideas
> out there?
>
> Also I live in Seattle washington and would love a contact for a olympus
> repair person if anyone has one.
>
> Thanks Much, Mark
>
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