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Yes then mark 2. It has stiffened once a month ago or so, I was wearing gloves, so wondered if a thread had become entwined. But at home, in house temperatures, it eased again.
Yesterday was not cold as such, maybe 10'C, so it was a bit of dissapointment that the wheel had gone stiff again. But like first time, at home it appeared to return to "normal".
So in a little quandary what to do. With the OM1 mk1, I slipped a tiny amount of WRX Silicone lubricant into the dial slot, and it cured the problem. Thats option 1, sending what seems to be a good camera away to Portugal, with notes of the problem is option 2. Unsure of the cost, but its gonna be £100 +. Option 3 is just ignore it....
Oh no! Pleeease don't tell me that you guys are experiencing stiff Control Dials on your OM-1 mk2.
I had this problem on my 'mk1' OM-1, randomly and so rendering the camera unreliable and consequently unusable!
I subsequently sent my mk1 for repair in Portugal but about a year later the problem has returned. Hence I have bought a mk2.
In desperation I was going to slip in a tiny amount of silicone lubricant but my research led me to a long and very helpful phone conversation with a senior specialist (CEO of this very long established family business) at Brit-Lube Ltd which is an industry leader. He advised me very strongly not to use any form of silicone and explained why not at great length ~ Long story short, silicone lubes do not mix well in contact with electronics and they will also seep. The company offers silicone lubes and so this wasn't a sales pitch. He advised their Indu-Tek Spray Grease. I now have some but haven't used it yet because I think that using any kind of lubricant could be be detected by OM in Portugal and void my warranty.
I am in the process of sending my 'mk1' back to Portugal again and on its return it is not going to be used and will be immediately sold.
Yes, maybe. The question for me is whether I send it back with what seems to a fully functional rear dial. I guess I can only explain that the stiffness has arrived twice, and then freed off again.
Advantage is that I will get a virtually new camera back, and the only disadavanage is that I will be without the OM1 ii for a fortnight or so.
My back-up is an OM5 mk1, Ok for general photography, but a slow starter for birds....(only for a fortnight)....
Had it once briefly with the Mk2 but it freed up again and hasn’t happened again. Not sure if it was some water or grit in there or both. I did have that sinking feeling that it had the Mk1 dials disease. Might be worth some watchful waiting before sending?
Meanwhile the Mk1 has horrible stiff dials that also make creaking noises making adjustments very hard with the dials. I have a TODO item to register a warranty repair and send it off when I find a suitable packing box.
As an aside in December we walked along a sandy cliff top at Covehithe Suffolk. A really strong 30mph + wind was coming off the sea and we got totally sand blasted then later blasted by fine soil coming off a farmers excessively tilled field. All my gear - the Mk2 and big white lens were exposed to it and I was fearful of sand and dirt in the dials and all the lens zoom, focus ring, and tripod foot mechanisms when I got back to the holiday barn. I dusted it all off with a rocket blower and then cleaned with microfibre cloths and all was good. I was pretty impressed as I got sand in the 4/3 90-250mm lens zoom and focus rings years ago and it had a gritty feel for ages. I never really believed those videos with OM ambassadors and reviewers dunking the gear in dirt etc as it was clearly often not their personal stuff!
Just wondering if this last weeks storms/ hurricanes will have effected the factory or transport to and from it , I know whole swathes of Spain and Portugal have been terribly impacted by it ,with many roads totally washed away and whole towns evacuated
If you use a 'contact cleaner' into the dial seal, in theory, that should not be detected later.
I feel the issue is always the seal on the dial shaft & it requires some sort of cleaner lubricant. If OM service are only replacing that area of components, then under certain conditions it is going reoccur eventually.
Ross"I fiddle with violins (when I'm not fiddling with a camera)". My Flickr OM-1, E-M1 Mk II plus 100-400mm f5-6.3 IS, 7-14, 12-40 & 40-150 f2.8 Pro lenses, MC14 & 20.
The lubricant needs to be a grease in order to resist water and not wash down further into the camera's innards. If the grease is doing its job it will be detectable.
As I posted earlier, silicone lubricants should be avoided due to inevitable long term adverse effects ~ As explained to me by Brit-Lube.
This is worrying. I believe the Mk1 had this problem and that the Mk2 the issue had been resolved. My Mk2 is fine but it hasn't been out in the cold for a while.
Steve
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Silicone Lubricant is magical stuff as is Contact Cleaner. WD make excellent versions of both with fitted folding spray tubes. I have honestly lost count of the number of times a quick spray of contact cleaner on a faulty power switch, volume control etc. has saved a fortune in repairs. The same applies to Silicone used on stiff lens barrels. camera knobs etc. So much rubbish is posted online by those who are too scared to use things like this on their valuable gear. For example, silicone is used by camera manufactures to lubricate O Ring seals prior to fitting them on camera barrels.
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