On Wed, Jan 10, 2001 at 11:36:35AM -0800, Jim Couch wrote:
> Actually this is not true on an OM2 orOM2n. The switch turns on and off the
> meter, the shutter release on fires the shutter. With an OM2 the worst that
> can
> happen is that you will take a photo of the inside of your bag. Course if it
> dark you will drain the battery a bit due to the long exposure.
When the switch of the OM 2 is in the off position, the longest exposure time
is
limited to a 1/30 th. second. This is to prevent you to take too long photos
from
the inside of your bag, for Battery reasons. This is what I`ve heard about.
never
prooved, but makes sense.
Frieder Faig
>
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