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Kuhio
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, June 17, 2006 - 07:59 pm: | 
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My Olympus OM 1n light meter does not respond to the light. any way to repair it. Thanks. |
rick
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, June 18, 2006 - 06:43 am: |
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The first place I would look is the wire connection at the terminal in the battery box. If this wire is broken off at that point, it probably was caused by corrosion in the wire, which will probably extend at least an inch up the wire under the insulation. Cut the wire back until the copper is clean, then solder in fresh wire from that point back to the battery.
There are a number of other places where a wire or connection can break; if this one doesn't do it, then you'll have to trace back through the camera until you find it. Except for the battery box, the rest of the meter system is up on top, accessible by removing the top cover. |
Olympfix
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, July 13, 2006 - 05:34 am: |
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Rick is absolutely right-, the only thing that goes wrong with OM1s in the long term is the meter. They are excedingly reliable They are the LEICA M3 of the 70-80s. Take the top off. No major hassles. All screws correct thread.Use a rubber doorstopper to remove the wind lever cover. Put a multimeter at 1000 ohms across the blue wire/ body connection-,positive and negative -it should deflect the meter to the top. If it doesn't, you have an excellent doorstop, or a wonderful piece of 1970's technology, which will take photos long after the 2006 digital geewhizzez will have gone KAPUT. But I do wonder how long film will be available...... |
David Orlowski
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Username: Daveo50
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Registered: 08-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, August 07, 2006 - 09:01 am: |
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Recently the meter in my OM-1 stopped working and a new battery did not fix the problem.
I was curious as to what exactly are we checking with the ohm-meter? Where exactly do you place the leads? I understand one point is the blue wire, but I don't get what you mean by the body connection - positive and negative.
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