I should have made clear about complete manual mode without batteries.
I have the original manual and I am pretty certain the shutter would
trip at 60th second when the switch is at OFF position. And I have
used it without batteries in place in the past.
If you try to operate the -2n without batteries, there will be no
AE circuitries to calculate and control exposure times and to
activate the shutter/aperature diaphragrm mechanisms. This is
the same condition as when the lever is at OFF position. However,
I believe the camera is designed such that shutter would trip
mechanically at 60th second without any power. You may need to
rely on experience or separate light/flash meter for desired
exposures.
Jim Terazawa
>
>
> > 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.
>
> --
> | Yo, ye pharaohs, let us walk
> joe jackson | through this barren desert
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> | and maybe a few snack crackers.
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