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[OM] Re: OM-2n intermittent problem

Subject: [OM] Re: OM-2n intermittent problem
From: John Hermanson <omtech1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 09:04:14 -0500
Could be the lens itself that is causing the lockup.  Sounds like body 
is trying to stop the lens down, elns won't go.  As you turn mount mount 
slightly, it's enough to let body fire.

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Walters, Martin wrote:
> In the last week, my OM-2n behaved strangely on a couple of occasions.
> For no obvious reason, the mirror stayed up after the shutter was
> pressed. Camera was in auto mode, in daylight.  Didn't respond to
> "reset". Only cure was to slightly disengage the lens (without removing
> it from the bayonet), and the mirror returned. I couldn't tell whether
> the shutter also didn't close, or whether it was just the mirror.
> Mirror foam has been replaced a year or so ago.  Any ideas, beyond a
> CLA?
> 
> Martin 
> 

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