OK, foolish of me.
At normal settings the meter won`t move, I quess it is the wire near the
meter, because the wire near the battery seems clean and nice (but what
would I know). Have I understood it correctly when a few weeks old 1,5
alkaline battery should still work, and wrong/missing battery-power can
not be the root of my meterproblem?
Where do I find those Wein-batteries or mercury-batteries?
Regards,
Arild E. Vengen
John Hermanson wrote:
>
> When you set the OM-1 to the other extreme, low shutter speed, high asa, the
> meter will move without even turning it on. All 1/1Ns will do this. It is
> not to be confused with the meter working.
>
> Set asa to 100, lens to 5.6, shutter speed to 1/125, point camera at a sunny
> scene, turn meter on. Meter should move.
>
> John Hermanson
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> From: "Arild Eikenæs Vengen" <Arild.Vengen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2001 12:44 PM
> Subject: Re: [OM] OM-1 MD with meterproblem (maybe solved?)
>
> | Mark Hammons wrote:
> | >
> | > OK, like I said, I haven`t managed to get the meter to work, but the
> | > repair-man said it worked when he tested with the alkaline 1,5 volt
> | > battery, but after that it has been completely dead. I`ve got a friend
> | > who actually would like trying to fix this camera, would you be kind and
> | > say something about how hard it would be to fix the corroded wires?
> | > (ugh, this is supposed to be just a side-project until I find a OM-2n
> | > black in good condition in Norway, but now it already takes too much
> | > time :-)
> | >
> | > Regards,
> | > Arild E. Vengen
> | >
> | > Are you sure you don't have the shutter set for high speed and the lens
> | > stopped down and are using it in dim light??
> | >
> | > Mark Hammons
> |
> | Thanks a lot! I used the normal settings and then the meter didn`t work,
> | but when I set it at f/1,8 (50mm), ISO 400 and 1 sec shutter the meter
> | popped up(!) and where right were it ought to be (in the middle between
> | the + and -). This was in daylight, outside (summer in Norway). Could
> | this erratic meter-behaviour relate to using the alkaline EPX625G 1,5
> | volt battery instead of the standard mercury 1,35 volt battery? I hope
> | so, because then I know the meter work, probably no corroded wire and
> | then I can spend my money on a converter-kit.
> |
> | As a side-note, the shutter seems a little slow, when set a 1 sec I can
> | nearly count 1001 and 1002.
> |
> | Thank for your time everyone, I really appreciate this list.
> |
> | Regards,
> | Arild E. Vengen
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