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Re: [OM] OM-2 Slow Exposures

Subject: Re: [OM] OM-2 Slow Exposures
From: "John Hermanson" <omtech@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 21 Jul 1999 17:46:35 -0400
Sorry, "should" should be "shoot".

John
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----- Original Message -----
From: John Hermanson <omtech@xxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 1999 12:32 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] OM-2 Slow Exposures


> 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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