Olympus OM-10: effects of dead battery ?

[Luddite Frank]

I am trying to get my wife's Olympus OM-10 SLR going again after it has languished in the closet for about 10 years.

I cannot get the shutter to fire nor will the advance lever move.

The battery appears to be quite dead.

Is it "normal" for the shutter & film wind to appear "jammed" when the battery goes flat ?


Thanks...

Luddite Frank

 

[feenej]

I think I read that the OM10 is an electronically shuttered camera, so yeah, the shutter would not work without a battery.

 

[spyder2000]

The OM-10 does indeed require batteries to release the shutter. They (SR44) are still available.

 

[Peter_Jones]

Sounds typical of dead batt. The mirror usually locks halfway up when the batts fail in use, yours is probably down to lack of use - batteries dying while camera is laid up.

 

[Luddite Frank]

Thanks all, for the replies.

I pulled the batteries and they are very dead; they were VARTA V-76 PX.

Will see if my local Ritzcamera has some replacements...


Luddite Frank

 

[Peter_Jones]

The shutter will probably fire as soon as the new batts make contact. Yhis has happened to all my OM10s (I've had/have a few)

 

[Luddite Frank]

New batteries installed, camera "magically" came back to life.

Thanks for the help !

Luddite Frank