Garage sale Olympus OM-10 with issues

jay moussy

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I picked up an OM-10 with 50mm kit lens at a garage sale, plus a Canon FD mount tele-converter, and a +10(?) diopter. Ten dollars... it is my birthday, I splurged!

Issues:
OM mirror does not quite make it back to the rest position, unless I actuate a lever within the base mechanism (with plate removed)
EDIT: it seems the shutter (and mirror) operation is electro-mechanical, so fresh batteries to follow?

Lens has some fungus

Any OM expert in the house?

EDIT 2: Looking around, I found two 357 batteries and the OM-10 works like a champ!

The camera has a nice feel to it
Lens may be a repair practice item, unless fungus does messes too much?
 
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Good deal! I scored an OM 10 at an "antique" shop with a clean f1.8 and an ever ready case. The OM 10 didn't seem to work, but somewhere I remember reading about the whole thing being battery dependent. Total cost was $30, less the 15% off special of the day. Sure enough, with fresh cells it worked just fine. I now have a winder, the dedicated flash, a 28mm, a 135mm, plus an OM 4 which works well before it eats the cells. Such is life!
 

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[QUOTE="jay moussy, post: 2235229, member: 89699"
Lens may be a repair practice item, unless fungus does messes too much?[/QUOTE]

If it is this lens, you're in luck...

Olympus OM-System F.Zuiko Auto-S 50mm f1.8 Lens Disassembly
 
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jay moussy

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Thanks tor the well wishers. Lens came back pretty nicely after a casual cleaning.

[QUOTE="jay moussy, post: 2235229, member: 89699"
Lens may be a repair practice item, unless fungus does messes too much?

If it is this lens, you're in luck...

Olympus OM-System F.Zuiko Auto-S 50mm f1.8 Lens Disassembly
[/QUOTE]

Very close... minor differences between mine and the YT example:
Mine reads "ZUIKO' instead of "F-ZUIKO" additional MC, then "Japan" instead of serial number
Not sure what that means in Olympus-speak?
 
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