The latch mechanism is pretty simple and straight forward. Not much to go wrong
other than the rewind knob comming unscrewed from the shaft or the latch itself
getting stuck with some foreign matter, or perhaps bent. John H., one of our
members who is a professional Olympus repair person posted this in the past:
"Was the leather reglued recently? Sounds like the backlatch is glued. One way to
open back is to peel up leather at that end, take latch cover off(don't loose the little
spacers) and lift latch manually (or clean out glue first.)"
He means the leather on the body, not the back. And the latch cover is a little plate
held on with a couple of screws. You can see the latch (ZC452000), latch cover
(CE558000), etc. in the upper right part of Exploded Parts Diagram 2/9 here
<http://olympus.dementia.org/Hardware/PDFs/OM-4_1of4.pdf>
Although neither of them address this particular question, a couple of good references for
Oly problems and info that address many many other questions are Lee Hawkins site
<http://brashear.phys.appstate.edu/lhawkins/photo/photo.html> and the site of the
diagrams I refer to above, Mark Dapoz' site <http://olympus.dementia.org/Hardware/>.
If it does need pro help, 2 of our members are pros who specialize in
Oly and have superb reputations, John Hermanson, at zuiko.com, and Clint
Rumbo, at Olyfix.com.
Moose
jonathan arklay wrote:
Mickey,
Thanks for the advice, still no joy, I think that a trip to the camera Doc
is in order, I fear that the rewind knob is lifting far hire than it should.
Every one cross there fingers for me that it doesn't cost too much, I was
saving for a 28mm f2, oh well, no good having lenses without a working body
I suppose.
jon.
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Mickey Trageser
Sent: 29 November 2003 20:05
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [OM] sick om4
Jon,
Try pressing on the damn door as if to close it while pulling the rewind
knob up, then release the door. If that doesn't work, try gently warming
that end of the door with a hair dryer. This may loosen up the action. Be
careful not to heat it up too much.
Mickey
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