I suppose it _could_ be related to "sticky magnet syndrome" -- try two
tests:
1. Leave the camera wound overnight, remove lens and fire in bright light
the next day -- if the shutter stays open, you've got sticky shutter speed
magnet.
2. Remove the batteries and fire the camera so the mirror locks up. Leave
the camera overnight once more. Then, replace the batteries -- the mirror
should drop almost immediately. If not, the first (mirror) magnet is
sticky.
If neither case applies, I still wouldn't give up on it until it's been
checked over....
Wayne Culberson wrote:
> In auto mode or program mode, my OMPC fires the t20 at full power
> regardless of lighting, and the shutter stays open for several seconds.
> Sometimes it has to be reset by removing the batteries and reinstalling
> before the shuter closes, and /or the mirror will return. (100 asa print
> film in camera, film speed set manually) In manual mode it fires the t20
> and the shutter sounds right for 1/60. It sounds to be firing quite
> normal in auto or program at speeds of 1/60 or more when used without
> flash. Batteries check okay with the battery check. Using ms76 silver
> duracell. Is this the dreaded dead circuitry common to PC's? Wayne
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