I have to admit that my OM4 jammed in a similar manner at the weekend. The
rewind button stuck down and I couldn't wind on to load a new film. I took
the film out, fitted the winder, fired a couple of frames and all is
well..... so far.
Ian
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Sent: Monday, December 08, 2003 9:03 PM
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Subject: Re: [OM] jammed OM-4t wont wind on. Any ideas what to look for/
Tell Beverly this:
There are several possibilities. First, be sure the camera isn't simply at
the end
of a roll of film. If there's film in the camera, rewind and remove it and
check
again. Every month or so a customer comes in complaining that his camera
is jammed, only to discover the camera was at the end of the roll -- this
can
be
very embarassing!
Next, the OM-4t is designed to "lock up" if the
batteries are dead, or if there is a malfunction. That is to keep you from
using
the camera when it could not possibly give you a good photo! If the camera
is
"locked up", you should be able to reset it mechanically by setting the
shutter
speed dial to the red speeds. The camera should wind and fire when set on
either of the red speeds. If it does, the next step is to check the
batteries
--
if the battery check doesn't light up, replace them with two good, fresh,
silver
oxide batteries. If, with a good battery check, the camera "locks up" at
any
time, there's likely something wrong. You might try cleaning the inside of
the
battery cover, tightening it as well as the screws holding the bottom cover,
and so
forth, but chances are it will need the attention of a repair technician.
If the camera does not wind and fire when set on the red speeds (without
film),
it will need the attention of a qualified repair technician -- there's
unlikely to be
anything a casual shooter can do to correct the problem.
Bolty wrote:
> I had a message from this lady... can anyone help her
> > Adam, Can you tell me about the Olympus OM-4T. Somehow my shutter is
> jammed. I cannot us the forward advance lever to load new film into the
> camera. How and why did this phenomena occur? This is a new used camera to
> me. My Old Cannon never did this. Thanks, Beverly
>
> Thanks Adam
>
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