On my OM-2n, only the B setting works with no battery power.
John P
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From: Dan Lau <dlau@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thursday, January 15, 1998 2:13 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] Questions on OM-2n
>On Wed, 14 Jan 1998 21:59, sdg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Stephen D. Goss) wrote:
>>>11) When does the 1/60 manual speed come into play?
>>> (Only after the batteries are dead?)
>
>>What manual speed? When the batteries get low enough in my OM-2n, the
>>shutter goes open and *stays* open until I move the switch to reset.
>
>I should have said "mechanical" speed instead. Since I don't have
>an OM-2n manual, I don't know anything about the camera. But I was
>under the impression that on the OM-2n, the 1/60 and B speeds are
>mechanical, and they are operational even when the batteries are
>dead. Is that correct or is B the only mechanical shutter speed on
>the OM-2n?
> -Dan
>
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