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- Jul 14, 2014
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- 35mm Pan
Hi All! First time poster here, no idea why it's taken me so long to join up!
I have an OM-2n that I recently won in an eBay auction (with a few lenses too - totally stole this thing!). I've had an OM-10 for years but figured it was time for the upgrade. The 2n appeared to be immaculate, and I was excited to finally get one. I ran a couple rolls through it and will be developing them soon - keeping my fingers crossed the metering etc is ok, but the numbers the meter was reporting seemed pretty reasonable.
Of course, one of the first things I do is accidentally advance the film while the shutter was open (lens cap on while loading a new roll). Palm to face, for sure. Didn't seem like there was an issue initially, but after a couple shots the shutter locked up about half way through the travel of the advance lever. I ended up unloading the film in a bag and then taking a look at the camera - the shutter curtain is basically half way across its travel. I tried turning the mode knob to reset but that didn't seem to free it up. If I gently try to advance further, I can see that the top of the shutter curtain looks like it moves to the right just a bit, but the bottom doesn't move.
I've searched all around the interwebs for solutions but no luck. The closest I found was this one at Rangefinderforum, but it seems to be a different root cause than mine. I've taken off the top and bottom covers and compared it to another OM-2n that I have (basically a parts camera that I got from a friend) but there are no obvious differences at this first layer. I'm pretty comfortable with mechanical things and I'm not too worried about the camera as I didn't pay much for it, so I'm planning to dig into this myself. I've located the service manuals on the internet, and there are a couple items listed that seem like they would apply, but I thought perhaps there would be someone out there who could point me at the right procedure in the service manual (or on the net, if they have a good link)? While I don't mind learning on the fly, it's always easier to get help from the people who do this all the time.
Thanks much, APUG!
I have an OM-2n that I recently won in an eBay auction (with a few lenses too - totally stole this thing!). I've had an OM-10 for years but figured it was time for the upgrade. The 2n appeared to be immaculate, and I was excited to finally get one. I ran a couple rolls through it and will be developing them soon - keeping my fingers crossed the metering etc is ok, but the numbers the meter was reporting seemed pretty reasonable.
Of course, one of the first things I do is accidentally advance the film while the shutter was open (lens cap on while loading a new roll). Palm to face, for sure. Didn't seem like there was an issue initially, but after a couple shots the shutter locked up about half way through the travel of the advance lever. I ended up unloading the film in a bag and then taking a look at the camera - the shutter curtain is basically half way across its travel. I tried turning the mode knob to reset but that didn't seem to free it up. If I gently try to advance further, I can see that the top of the shutter curtain looks like it moves to the right just a bit, but the bottom doesn't move.
I've searched all around the interwebs for solutions but no luck. The closest I found was this one at Rangefinderforum, but it seems to be a different root cause than mine. I've taken off the top and bottom covers and compared it to another OM-2n that I have (basically a parts camera that I got from a friend) but there are no obvious differences at this first layer. I'm pretty comfortable with mechanical things and I'm not too worried about the camera as I didn't pay much for it, so I'm planning to dig into this myself. I've located the service manuals on the internet, and there are a couple items listed that seem like they would apply, but I thought perhaps there would be someone out there who could point me at the right procedure in the service manual (or on the net, if they have a good link)? While I don't mind learning on the fly, it's always easier to get help from the people who do this all the time.
Thanks much, APUG!