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Olympus m-10 camera switch mechanism?
I was given this camera. Like many point and shoot digital Olympus cameras,
it is turned on by retracting the lens shield. Has a charged battery and power shows at the camera battery terminals when connected to 4.5 v. Retracting the lens shield does nothing. I opened the camera. [Easy. Just a few screws.] Under the front cover is a pivoting plastic arm, maybe 1/2 inch long that swings across the interior over a circuit board when the lens shield is retracted. I wanted to manually bypass the switch and start diagnosis. But I can't see anything like a switch. Anywhere. There is a 1/4 inch square shallow metal enclosure near the area where this arm would be but it sure doesn't look like a switch or anything that really comes in contact with the arm. Does anyone know how Olympus cameras are switched on? Thank you. |
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Olympus m-10 camera switch mechanism?
Upon further inspection: I see that the 1/4 inch metal device is a
microswitch but the lever has broken. It is so small that even if I had the broken parts [they seem to have been eaten by the camera], I could not repair. I could possibly wire a slider switch elsewhere. Oh well. "John Keiser" wrote in message news:EPidnZEFRJmG8Q3XnZ2dnUVZ_uidnZ2d@powerusenet. com... I was given this camera. Like many point and shoot digital Olympus cameras, it is turned on by retracting the lens shield. Has a charged battery and power shows at the camera battery terminals when connected to 4.5 v. Retracting the lens shield does nothing. I opened the camera. [Easy. Just a few screws.] Under the front cover is a pivoting plastic arm, maybe 1/2 inch long that swings across the interior over a circuit board when the lens shield is retracted. I wanted to manually bypass the switch and start diagnosis. But I can't see anything like a switch. Anywhere. There is a 1/4 inch square shallow metal enclosure near the area where this arm would be but it sure doesn't look like a switch or anything that really comes in contact with the arm. Does anyone know how Olympus cameras are switched on? Thank you. |
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