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Olympus OM10 film take-up problem

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Bernard Peek - 21 May 2006 17:04 GMT
I rescued an apparently near-mint OM10 from a charity shop, and now
I've discovered why it was there. The take-up spool doesn't rotate when
I operate the take-up lever, although if I apply gentle pressure it
rotates correctly.

I suspect that this may be due to  the previous owners'
brute-force-and-ignorance attempt to fix a different problem (caused by
using the wrong batteries.)

It's presumably some sort of clutch problem. Is there any hope of
getting it to work again? I'm loathe to spend a lot on it because I
already have sufficient Olympus bodies, but the OM10 is a nice little
camera and it would be a shame to lose it if this problem is easily
fixable.
Trev - 21 May 2006 20:27 GMT
>I rescued an apparently near-mint OM10 from a charity shop, and now
> I've discovered why it was there. The take-up spool doesn't rotate when
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> camera and it would be a shame to lose it if this problem is easily
> fixable.

Ratchet rather then a clutch.
How bad it is can only be found once Its striped down. So what you need is a
guide to how to remove top and bottom plates without damaging it/ My library
has a book on how so you could check with yours
Janie Thomson - 21 May 2006 21:13 GMT
>I rescued an apparently near-mint OM10 from a charity shop, and now
> I've discovered why it was there. The take-up spool doesn't rotate when
[quoted text clipped - 10 lines]
> camera and it would be a shame to lose it if this problem is easily
> fixable.

I had an OM10 with this problem.  Fortunately for me it was under warranty,
so I've no idea how expensive the repair was, but I know it's certainly
fixable and was described as an easy repair.

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janie at janiethomson dot co dot uk

 
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