Hello, Volkhart. I just looked at my -4 when fired with self timer on. With
lens on, the diaphragm closes down when the shutter release is pressed. With
lens off, the mirror lock *all the way up* when the shutter release is pressed.
John
Volkhart Baumgaertner wrote:
> Yo,
>
> on Fri, 04 Feb 2000 08:04:55 +0100, Emil Pozar wrote:
>
> >> OM-10 prefires mirror and aperture on self timer.
> >
> >
> >Mine had not :-((
>
> Mine sure does; I just checked again (I knew about the mirror, but wasn't
> sure about the aperture). However, the mirror only goes about half way up
> while the self-timer does its thing; it only moves the rest of the way when
> the camera actually fires. I wonder why it does not go up all the way in the
> first place, but I guess Oly must have had _some_ reason for it. Does the
> mirror act the same way in a 4 / 4T? My 4 is at John's for CLA, so I can't
> check right now.
>
> MtFbwy,
> Volkhart
>
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