Hello Peter,
I assume you're using the winder on the OM-2s. I had a similar problem with
both winders 1 & 2 on my 2s. In my case, I never noticed any correlation to
the position of the camera, instead it seemed to have more to do with where
I was at on a roll of film. The middle third of a roll was where it had
trouble advancing. I came to the conclusion, with the help of the list, that
the winders just didn't have enough power to advance the film. So, I
purchased a moter drive, which seemed to help, but not solve the problem
completely.
I just recieved my 2s back from John Hermanson yesterday, after a fairly
major malfunction related to the winding gears in the camera. I'll be taking
the camera out for a test roll this weekend, we'll see if the repair has had
any effect on a winders ability to advance the film. If it has, I'll let you
know, you my want to send your camera in for some preventive maintenance.
Darin
----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Bell" <peter.bell@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 6:23 PM
Subject: [OM] winder 2 question
> Hello all,
>
> Thanks again for the helpful responses about the flash indicator on my
> OM-2S
> from a few days back. Apologies for coming back to the well so soon, but
> my
> Winder 2 recently starting acting up, and maybe one of you can diagnose
> the
> problem. The winder's motor seems fine, but when I hold the camera
> horizontally (bottom plate face down), the winder has trouble advancing
> the
> film. Motor just keeps whirring. The problem is at its most extreme if I
> point the camera upward, as if I were taking a picture of someone at the
> top
> of a staircase from the bottom. However, when I shoot vertical shots,
> winding is perfect. This is something I can live with, but I'd be
> interested
> to know what the problem is.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Peter
>
> P.S. sorry for the pun.
>
>
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