Also a good thing to do: if you find the bottom screws ARE loose, remove
bottom all the way and (with a piece of emery cloth) buff up the part of the
bottom cover that presses against the face of the tripod socket. That will
help with the battery connection.
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John Hermanson www.zuiko.com
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Ferguson" <mikeferguson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 5:30 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] Jammed OM2SP
> On 19/9/03 8:55 pm, "John Hermanson" <omtech@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > The wind gears are probably all bound up, due to greasy latches. If it
was
> > just batteries, camera should have reset when you turned shutter speed
dial
> > to B/60. The battery check light being constant for only a few seconds
is
> > odd. Try tightening bottom cover screws.
>
> Nice one, John, that was the charm. The intermittent battery light seems
to
> have cleared itself up too, unless it got fixed when I put the bottom back
> on.
>
> Thanks again
>
> Mike
>
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