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Mark Templeton

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Posted on Wednesday, May 10, 2006 - 01:59 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

My son decided to put a piece of cardboard in the shutter of his OM10 (why, I have no idea). The result is that when the Film Advance Lever is used, and the shutter moves from the film can towards the take-up spool, there is a gap of about one-eighth of an inch between the two blinds. This gap remains until the Shutter Release is pressed, when both blinds go to the film-can side, and no gap is then seen.

Is this an easy fix, or do we scrap the camera?

Thank you for your thoughts,
Mark
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Jon Goodman

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Posted on Thursday, May 11, 2006 - 01:50 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)

I don't know, Mark. I have been thinking about this, but offhand I can not see a reason it would perform like this. Does the gap exist each time the shutter is cocked? Did the piece of cardboard get wound up with the shutter blind?
Jon

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