Sounds like it may be the "overwound" problem due to greasy wind latches.
Latches slow down due to migrating oil, so when they should snap in to place
when the shutter is wound, they don't and the user can wind partway a second
time. There's the jam.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Thomas Müller" <thomu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, January 27, 2003 4:31 AM
Subject: [OM] Help: OM4 locked up
Hello fellow Zuics,
I was shooting outdoors with my OM4+MD2 last saturday, was a bit cold
and the batteries went low. The camera locked up completely. The
camera seems to be wound but I cannot release. I rewound and
exchanged the batteries. Still nothing moves.
Is there anything I can do or do I have to send it to the OM-Doktor?
Thomas
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