Went down to my local camera shop and bought a couple batteries, slipped
'em into the cam over a beer at O'reillys Pub and Hot-Damn, the things works.
Still. going to take it with tomorrow for a trip up to Tamborine Mountain
and see what we see.
While at the shopping centre, I took a few shots, and the shutter stayed
open for about 4 secs before closing again on the last one I took. . Not
sure if that was just a momentary glitch or what. I guess, this cam hasn't
had any juice for several years now, so who knows.
I'll know when I take the roll in.
Cheers guys/gals
Chris in Oz
The Snappy Australian
At 08:52 AM 9/09/2001 -0400, you wrote:
On Sun, 09 Sep 2001 13:17:50 +1000 RumBoy <RumBoy@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> Hi fellow OM-oholics
>
>
> The cam has a problem. When I got it, the mirror/shutter was "up"
From
> reading posts here I discovered how to fix that by moving the ring to
the
> red B or 60. but now what? I've put the batteries from my OM10 quartz
in
> it (Which is working fine too btw ) :o) Found out it was just the 2x
> teleconvertor was fooling me.
>
> I'm presuming that the battery types are compatible (?) but nothing
> happened. nothing lit up, cam still wouldn't fire without having the
> mirror stick up, needing to be released by the aforementioned
> procedure.
>
> What may be the cause: The bit that is protruding from the body, next
to
> the lens (A LED/self timer lever?) is missing. It has the "mount"
part
> still there which turns on it's base, but I can't help but feel that
this
> ISN'T the problem. but I'm not a camera tech so what would I know.
>
> Any ideas anybody? Is it just the wrong batteries
Definitely get yourself a set of fresh batteries (357 or SR44 - just make
sure they are silver oxides, not alkalines or lithiums, and that they are
fresh!). Just because the batteries you are using have enough oomph to
power your OM-10 doesn't necessarily mean they are adequate for the
OM-2SP.
The self timer being apparently damaged could also be a culprit,
especially if there is a short or something.
Hope this helps,
Paul Schings
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