If the cameras got alkaline batteries installed or a lithium, meter may be
off by 2 stops, but auto will be okay. Expect lockup with alkaline/lithium
cells. Since most people should print film, how would Cambridge know if
actual auto exposure is off or are they just referring to the needle
position?
John
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----- Original Message -----
From: Chuck Norcutt <norcutt@xxxxxxx>
To: <MHeath333@xxxxxxx>; Olympus mail list <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 1999 8:13 PM
Subject: [OM] OM-2 Slow Exposures
> Is this camera perhaps being sold by a dealer in Cambridge,
> Massachusetts? I was looking at an OM-2n the other day in a Cambridge
> shop with apparently the same problem. Manual exposure was claimed to
> be correct and autoexposure off by 2 stops ( don't recall which way).
> The attached 50mm 1.4 also had a very slight trace of fungus. (to his
> credit, pointed out by the dealer) The camera was offered "for parts
> only" at US$ 149.95.
>
> So, is this the same camera or do we have a common OM-2 malady?
>
> ps: There's also an OM-2s there with a non-working self-timer. Not
> cheap though. 219.95.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
> Woburn, Massachusetts
>
> > I've been offered an OM-2 in really nice condition except the auto
> > exposure shutter speeds are slow. The seller says in manual the shutter
> > speeds are accurate, though. Can this be true? Is it the OTF metering
> > that is causing the auto problem? If the manual speeds are indeed fine,
> > it wouldn't bother me, since that's how I'd use it. But I'd still like
to
> > know if it can be repaired.
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