Today was the first time I would be using my OM4Ti on a professional assignment.
After extensive testing, I had concluded that it would be suitable for the event
coverage I would use it for. One roll went through and it was fine. I took
pictures of people talking, laughing and eating. The next roll went along slowly
and surely. The flash fired, the exposures came spot on.
Frame 34, I fired, the mirror went up but did not come down. the flash didnt
fire. I depressed the shutter release, no exposure scale in the viewfinder,
nothing, camera was dead, moments were happening before my camera but I was
stuck, I panic. I reached for my Leica, I carry on, but in available light this
time, holding my breath, squeezing off low light exposures. I smile, but under
my
breath I curse my dead OM4Ti. Why Olympus?- I cry in my mind. My OM4Ti feels
like
a useless brick.
I bring it to the corner, load new button batteries, nothing, I load the old
ones, nothing.
I put the thing away. 20 minutes later, assignment over, and saved by my Leica.
I am looking at the Om4Ti, figuring out what went wrong, I take out button
batteries, wipe them down, load them again, nothing.
Then I depress the little spring in the battery chamber, I load the batteries
again.
Om4Ti comes to life.
Moral of the story, make sure battery contacts are good.
But I am fazed by this experience, This was a new camera, it should not have
failed. I take care of my stuff. Not a small thing like this.
Never had a camera fail on me like this. Disapointed.
Long live my Leica. Never failed.
--Adi
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