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Author Message   Ethostech Tinkerer Username: Ethostech Post Number: 28 Registered: 07-2006 Rating: N/A Votes: 0 Posted on Tuesday, October 17, 2006 - 12:12 am:    Tomosy has this to say on page 132 of his Book #1. " If the shutter doesn't trigger or self-triggers, the combination magnet (bottom) may need cleaning. (critical for adjustment)" He further states: "The bottom and front covers come off easily, There is one screw under the release button; Pry off the orange plastic cover". You don't get a second chance if you break the polycarbonate covers - so given Tomosy's protrayal of the relatively simplistic, you might choose to have an Olympus Pro-Techie clean the magnet for you. The few dollars might be a good investment. However - your comments re the battery-cover suggest to me that the battery-compartment contacts are dirty. Try the following: With a cotton-bud moistened with alcohol, clean the single contact leaf which you see in the centre base of the battery compartment. Clean similarly the gold contact ring which sits in the compartment female threads. And finally clean the inside of the compartment cap AND the screwthreads on the edge of such. It is also possible that centre leaf contact in the base of the compartment has lost some of its spring. Using tweezers You might pull it upwards a fraction so as to ensure the battery is held firmly in electrical contact.