Do you still have new rings or do you have to make do with gently used ones?
Chuck Norcut
On 11/27/2012 6:05 PM, John Hermanson wrote:
> I just o'hauled an OM-3 with worn ss dial detents. The dial is a really
> soft material with an almost ball shaped valley at every stop.
>
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> On 11/27/2012 4:39 PM, Brian Gray wrote:
>> John Hermanson wrote:
>> <OM-2SP doesn't have a battery off position. There is battery drain no
>> matter where you set it.>
>>
>> and
>> <OM-2S, 3, 4 all suffer from worn shutter speed dial detent. The ball
>> bearing wears a rut in the ring and the ball gets stuck in it.
>> Sometimes the rut can be filed down but replacement with good used ring
>> is better.>
>>
>> Thank you John for the clarification. I do not think I will try to
>> dismantle the camera and will carry on using it in aperture priority
>> mode. I really will have to decide which digital camera to buy - the
>> OMD is certainly attractive to me but the price is a not insignificant
>> sum of money as others have admitted before succumbing to temptation.
>> Brian Gray.
>>
>
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