I should have said that while this setting will most likely get the meter
back in the ball park, recalibration would still be needed as there's no
way to know where the gear started out before it unwound.
John Hermanson
Camtech Photo Services, Inc.
21 South Lane, Huntington, NY, 11743-4714,
631-424-2121, www.zuiko.com
Olympus OM Service since 1977
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----- Original Message -----
From: "John Hermanson" <omtech@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, February 14, 2005 4:56 PM
Subject: [OM] Re: OM-1 Shutter Speed Ring operates stiffly
>
> You'd have to continued taking the trim off the front mount area to expose
> the gear that has unwound. With shutter speed on 1000, a good starting
> point is to turn the plastic gear in the upper right corner (with the
> string
> attached) and wind it a little counter clockwise and hold it so the point
> where the string enters the gear is at about 5:30 position. As you hold
> it
> there, slide large outer plastic ring back in at 1000 position, without
> knocking interlocking gear stack out of position (that gear is the one you
> can't see under the floor of the mirror box.)
>
> John Hermanson
> Camtech Photo Services, Inc.
> 21 South Lane, Huntington, NY, 11743-4714,
> 631-424-2121, www.zuiko.com
> Olympus OM Service since 1977
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Simon Worby" <simon@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, February 14, 2005 2:42 PM
> Subject: [OM] Re: OM-1 Shutter Speed Ring operates stiffly
>
>
>>
>> John Hermanson wrote:
>>
>>> This applies to newer style OM-1 meters, without the little
>>> round cam wheel that shows at the top of the lens mount. If
>>> you take the mount off and the plastic rings underneath are
>>> disturbed, the meter string position will most likely unwind,
>>> then your meter will no longer work properly.
>>
>> Assuming one has an accurate light meter, or a similar camera (& lens)
>> that one knows to be functioning correctly, how difficult is the
>> re-calibration?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Simon
>
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