> When the switch lever is at OFF position the shutter speed defaults to
> 60th second. This means the -2n can operate in complete manual mode
> without batteries.
> > I have just one question: The shutter obviously doesn't fire without
> > batteries, and there's no mechanical 60th like the 4Ti, but the shutter does
> > appear to fire with the camera in the 'off' position... am I right, and if
> > so, at what speed?
that may have been true of some early om-2 (but i don't even know this for
sure), but i don't believe that the om-2n can operate at all without
batteries. with the switch "off", it just does standard auto otf metering
at speeds from 1/1000 down to 1/30.
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