BTW, I'm not saying you have been closing the back by pushing in the center.
I apologize if that is how it sounds. I was trying to point out that that
is one way to put the back latches out of alignment.
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, March 21, 2005 5:08 PM
Subject: [OM] Re: OM-4Ti back opening "spontaneously"
>
> Sounds like the back is bent now and latches don't line up. Everyone
> using
> an OM should know that when you load the camera and close the back, NEVER
> press the back in the center. Close back by pressing at the end of the
> back, where the latch is. The back is made of a somewhat soft metal, and
> over time, pressing the back closed in the center will bend the back,
> throwing the latches out of alignment. It is possible the camera was
> dropped, hit or bumped in someway, bending the back cover.
>
> To check for alignment, close back until latches just touch. Eyeball the
> latch locations. Gently flex entire back until latches line up. NEVER
> bend
> latch with pliers as it is tack welded on and may break off.
>
> 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: "Bernard Frangoulis" <lists@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, March 21, 2005 11:06 AM
> Subject: [OM] OM-4Ti back opening "spontaneously"
>
>
>>I have experienced the following problem with my
>> OM-4Ti. Two or three times in the last three
>> weeks, I have found while grabbing the camera
>> from its bag (Domke F-6) that the back was open,
>> not wide open of course, but the latch was loose.
>> Thus part of the film was sufficiently exposed to
>> the light that some pictures were lost.
>>
>> The camera has not fallen, was not bumped, and
>> did not receive any shock. It has remained for
>> three weeks in and out of its the bag, while I
>> was travelling some rather bumpy roads in India.
>> In the bag, the camera was resting at 45°C on its
>> left side (the one where the back door closes)
>> and the mounted lens, on a foam pad at the bottom
>> of the bag. It has happened again yesterday: this
>> time, the camera was resting on its back (lens
>> pointing up) at the bottom of a small backpack.
>> When I took the camera out of the bag, the back
>> door was unlatched (and there was film in the
>> camera of course).
>>
>> I cannot see anything wrong with the latch. What should I be looking for
>> ?
>>
>> Bernard
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