In a message dated 12/19/00 2:46:01 AM Pacific Standard Time,
ogreve@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:
> Grrrrrr, the batteries had died, and it was still very early in the diploma
> swimming event!!! The solution: camera on manual, shutter speed on
> "mechanical 1/60" (handy for the flash synchronisation too!), diafragm on
> f2, T32 on Manual using GN 32, and then a prayer or two hoping that I
> estimated the distance more or less correctly (should be about o.k.), and
I
> was ready to roll again.
If the batteries are dead, then flash sync does not work as the circuitry is
electrical, not mechanical. I did this once, thinking that I could use the
OM-4T for some important pictures with the battery dead, rather than take the
B&W film out of the OM-1. All came back black.
Warren
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