Wayne, George and Ralf-
Thanks so much for shaking me back to my senses. I know this! Paranoia has
taken over once again. After a couple of *Bay burnings, I question
everything. I put film in it and selected a subject that resulted in a 1/15
reading. It felt right. I stopped down a bit for a 1/8 reading, and again it
felt right. Okay, I'm breathing normally again.
Thanks!
Mickey
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From: <ralf_loi@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, May 14, 2001 7:43 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] OM-4T question
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>
>
> <<
> Hi,
> As I mentioned earlier, I purchased an OM-4T from Penn Camera. I've been
> playing with it, no film in it yet. Although everything seems to work
> smoothly, I've noticed that at shutter speed readings in auto of 1/8
result
> in something that sounds more like 1/2. Is this a known problem? Anything
> reading 1/30 or less seems a lot longer than I'm used to. The shutter
seems
> to fire at the appropriate speed in manual mode throughout the speed
> range... What gives? I'm ready to take it back, though I've still got 2
> weeks on the return policy.
>
> Sorry for being a pain lately...
>
> Mickey
> >>
>
> Mickey,
> put a film in the camera and retry. The OM4T (and all the other auto Oly
> cameras) has an exposure system that read the reflected light from the
film
> in order to evaluate the shutter speed. If there is no film, the meter
read
> the light reflected from the plate, but this item is very "black", so the
> meter think that there is less light available than the real one.
>
> Ralf
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