Olympus 35 EC 2

Maccabi92 · 12-30-2003

Ebay purchase. Does anyone know if the film advance wheel should move without batteries install? Thanks.

JM

pshinkaw · 12-31-2003

It should turn and advance the film. Only the shutter requires a battery to function.

-Paul

taffer · 12-31-2003

Don't know anything about it but would it be possible that the shutter was already cocked and needed fresh batteries to be released and unlock the film advance ?

Let us know if it finally works.

Oscar

Maccabi92 · 12-31-2003

The shutter button works, but the shutter does not fire. I feel once the shutter fires, the winder will work. However, finding the batteries (even the 1.5v alternative) has been difficult. Maybe a larger Radio Shack than the one nearby. I'll let you know.

JM

pshinkaw · 12-31-2003

There are a couple of chains of franchise battery specialty shops around. I use Batteries Plus:

http://www.batteriesplus.com/

look at their webpage for retail store locations. I think your Olympus uses the same size battery as the Fujica GER, Olympus ECR and the Yashica Lynx 5000e and 14e. There is an alkaline version (1.5v) that may work.

-Paul

Rich Silfver · 12-31-2003

Maccabi, you will need RM640 substitutes for the EC2.
If you have any trouble finding those let me know as there are a few places on the net where you can get them as well.