And the XA2 shutter blades do double duty and also act as diaphragm blades.
>From longest exposure 1 sec (or more) to 1/30, shutter stays wide opend at
f3.5. From 1/30th the 1/500 (1/300), f is variable from 3.5 to f16, but is
controlled by how much the shutter blades open.
John Hermanson
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----- Original Message -----
From: <WKato@xxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, April 01, 2000 2:06 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] Dark lower corners
> I took a peek at your photos
> http://www.angelfire.com/mi/fenriz/photo/Camp[1, 2 and3].jpg
> and it looks as though the upper (lower as seen in the photo) shutter leaf
is
> not opening all the way. I see a distinct "V" shaped shadow, which I
think
> is the shape of the two bladed shutter. The daylight photo shows less
> vignetting because the smaller aperture will not show the effect this
shutter
> blade problem. With no film in the camera, try opening back and dry firing
it
> looking through the lens and see if you can see an uneven distribution of
> light.
>
> Warren
>
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