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Berk Sirman
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, June 14, 2006 - 03:11 pm: | 
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Hi
My Olympus Om2n's mirror locked up twice during the 10 rolls of film I put through it since I got the camera. (The first 4 rolls I already got back from the lab, and the camera works fine)
First time it returned after a second or so, so I thought it was because of deteriorating mirror foam. Today it locked up again and I had to put the mode selector in "reset" to return the mirror. The camera continued to function normally after this.
I am wondering whether this is a mechanical fault (weak spring) or a disconnect in the circuit. The battery check lights up bright but it is the batteries that came with the camera, so I do not know how old they are. I have not cleaned the battery chamber, or any other contacts.
Any places to look for possible reasons? Any thing I should be weary of while cleaning the battery chamber?
I am planning to have the camera CLA'd at the end of the summer, but it'd be nice if I could use it till then.
Berk |
rick
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, June 14, 2006 - 08:08 pm: |
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Do you have alkaline batteries in it? The OM2 will operate on alkalines but their voltage is unstable and the camera has a low-voltage cutoff built into it that will shut it down if the battery voltage drops below a set point. I would try a fresh pair of silver cells before jumping to any conclusions. |
Berk Sirman
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, June 15, 2006 - 06:11 pm: |
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I checked, and there are silver cells in the camera, and according to the battery check, they are in good shape. Any other ideas?
I will be putting fresh batteries in tomorrow in either case.
Thanks, Berk |
rick oleson
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, June 15, 2006 - 07:07 pm: |
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none at the moment..... |
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