Also, just using alkaline or lithium batteries can throw the meter needle
off.
John Hermanson
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Keith Berry" <k.berry@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2001 7:23 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] Moderately [OT] XA question
|
| Mickey Trageser wrote:
| > I have an XA in very nice condition. It fires the flash, properly
adjusts
| > the aperture as selectec, and seems to vary the shutter speed depending
on
| > the light available. However, It seems to display shutter speeds that
| would
| > be 2 to 3 stops over...
|
| Sounds a bit like my XA - it takes fine pics as long as I use 100 ASA
film,
| set the camera's ASA to 800 and ignore the shutter speed indicated in the
| viewfinder. John H said it was probably due to the 2 CdS cells in the
camera
| being out of step with each other. The problem with mine occurred after
| being left unused in a drawer for five or more years.
|
| Regards,
| Keith Berry
|
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