You are fun to watch! A few points on the OM-10, though.... 1. The 10 is designed to "lock up", with the mirror half way up, if there is no battery power. That is to keep you from winding and firing the camera when it can't work -- it needs power to open the shutter. 2. The "TTL/Off-the-film" exposure control system used in the 10 does not control flash exposures with OM-dedicated flashes as on the OM-2, OM-2n, OM-4, etc. A dedicated flash _will_ override the Auto setting on the camera and set the 10 to sync speed, though, but the flash exposure is controlled by the auto cell in the flash. 3. When using a non-dedicated flash, it is necessary to deliberately set the camera to the "Manual Adapter" setting, either without a Manual Adapter attached, or if a Manual Adapter is attached, it must be set on any of the blue speeds -- at higher settings (1000, 500, etc), the flash may catch the closing curtain, preventing flash exposure on the entire frame. (Incidentally, when set on "Manual Adapter" mode without a Manual Adapter present, the shutter speed delivered by the OM-10 is approximately 1/45th second.) For the record, an incredibly high percentage of OM-10's suffered from "sticky magnet" due to excessive lubrication contaminating the electromagnet that controlled the shutter. (Trust me -- the OM-10 NEVER needs more oil!) There's not much to correct this besides a complete overhaul, and 10's are not likely worth the expense. What you CAN do is try to avoid winding the shutter until just before making an exposure -- without being wound, the armature is held away from the electromagnet, minimizing the chances they will stick together.

I just bought an OM 10 on eBay. I did my research and knew it depended on Good batteries to work. I had an OM 2000 (actually made by Cosina) which has a problem with its aperture linkage. Nice to have a true Olympus.

I have an OM10 with the shutter speed adapter that I got very cheaply with 6 lenses, thinking I could upgrade the camera to an OM1 and I’d have 6 lenses. I like the camera so much, the shutter speed adapter makes it a totally different machine, that it is now my "colour" 35mm camera as I shoot black and white on all my others. Another brilliant video, thank you Peter.

Quite an enjoyable video. Thank you

I may have said this before, but you are a delight,Peter!

thanks peter, i was able to fix my olympus and use it again, greetings from Colombia

Hey Peter, I love watching your videos, very informative and incredibly entertaining! I started calling my Hasseblad "A rather expensive box" after watching your Hasseblad video. Best wishes and I hope to see a lot more of your videos in the future. Maybe if one day you run out of cameras to talk about, you could talk about developing film?

For those out there who have an Olympus OM10 film SLR camera: in my previous post I asked for help regarding the shutter speed indicator LED's not working: problem solved. I very carefully applied some liquid 'electronic circuit cleaner' around the shutter button and the collar surrounding it (which is a pressure-sensitive switch), the mode selector/ASA selection switch, and the on/off/battery check/self-timer switch. After working these parts a bit after applying the cleaner material, problem solved. Shutter speed indicator LED's now working. As I suspected; apparently there was some gunk buildup/corrosion on a contact point and the electronic cleaner material solved the problem. Not bad for a $37.10 antique shop find.

Hi Grandad, you're awesome!!

Yup, this camera will lock up without a working set of batteries installed. Needs them for the internal light meter to ensure correct exposure. Trap I fell into when I was given one. I did buy a manual adapter for extra versatility and an auto wind on adapter.

very great, informative video Peter! thank you

Thank you!

Not Olympus's finest hour, but fun in its own way. The OM10 was the Olympus version of the Canon AV-1, Pentax MV and Nikon EM, but it had that quirky manual adapter. As it had exposure compensation you have to ask why they bothered?

Hi Peter Im looking to get a om10 is there anything I should look out for ?

On the OM-10 to use a flash you have to set the shutter speed to 1/60 second for synchronization. How do you do that? You set it to manual adapter and with no adapter connected. Ah, and now we get to the place in the video where you say exactly this 😀

Peter is good to see you back , do you have a Nikon F2? maybe make a video?, Thanks!!!

OK I hope somebody out there can help me: I picked up an Olympus OM10 camera with a Zuiko 35-70 mm f/4 zoom lens on it. The camera is physically in good condition; the lens is in impeccable condition. Everything seems to work properly except one: the shutter speed picked out by the camera for the corresponding lens aperture selected; is not being indicated along the shutter speed column at the left hand side of the viewfinder. The light meter seems to be working as I can swing the camera from brightly lit scenes to dark, and the shutter makes correspondingly different sound like it is changing shutter speed for the light conditions. Also when I change lens aperture for the same scene: the shutter speed sounds like it is changing accordingly for the lens aperture selected. Just no indication of shutter speed showing up in the viewfinder. I picked up the camera + lens for $37.10 US funds so I'm not out a whole lot of money. I would have passed on the camera were it not that I think the shutter speed is being set properly by the camera in spite of no indication of shutter speed showing up in the viewfinder. Oh and I did put fresh batteries in it still no shutter speeds indicated in the viewfinder. Running first roll of film through it not developed yet so not sure yet if the shots I took are properly exposed. Comments? Thanks.

I have an OM10 that is showing faults in the electrical part. I use the adapter to manually set the speed. Can you tell me if even without the electrical part working this adapter works normally to set the speed? Or if without the electrical part, how fast is the camera shooting.

Just obtained an om 10, new batteries, check system works, veiw finder ok , wind on and shuttet not working , base plate off oiled , manually can operate shutter and wind on ? Any thoughts, tegards Dave

Hello Peter. I picked up the manual adaptor for my OM10 at www.tripman.co.uk at a reasonable price. I live in South Africa and as you had mentioned, the adaptors are rather scarce. Luckily I managed to find one at Tripman. They have all sorts of Olympus bits and bobs. Really worth a visit.

beautiful video, I did not understand, you disassembled all the mechanics and then oiled?

Anyone know the size of the base plate screws? I need 2 of the 3

Hello I bought Olympus OM10 and I found out that I can’t choose iso because round button does not move Could you give some advices what should I do with that ?

Hi peter, where do you recommend I get film for this camera

hello, I have in the "parking" my old OM10,the batterys are absolutely dead after long time non-use,& now the camera is 'locked'. What type-good quality battery cells did buy ???does anybody knows about ? - thnX

God Save The Queen!

My Grandma has this camera. What year was it made?

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My can't take pictures

Haha!