Could be.
John Hermanson
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----- Original Message -----
From: <Johnsonpa@xxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, March 02, 2001 11:31 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] life span of OM's (OM-2 observation)
| <<Yes. the old style main switch (pre 2N) can cause problems. Firing the
| shutter (mainly the mirror going up /down) slaps this switch closed and
| creates a sliding action on the contacts which may help keep them clean.
| This switch should not be confused with the A-M switch on the lower
ceramic
| circuit which switches between auto and manual.>>
|
| Okay, so I received a nice black OM-2 a couple weeks ago, put some
batteries
| in it and was getting erratic exposure times, seemed like mainly on auto
but
| definitely on manual, especially at first. In the course of trying to
figure
| out some sort of pattern, it got better and the problem has disappeared.
| Actually, as I noticed it appeared to be getting better, I put a winder on
| the body and start firing away. I suspect the camera had been sitting a
| while (little leakage of the old batteries). Do you this "exercising" did
| the trick?
|
| TIA,
| --p.j.
|
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