> The OM1N, though, is a lot less happy. The meter is alive, but unless I
> point it at darkness, the needle is way off into the + section. Even setting
> the film to 25 and the shutter speed to 1/1000, it's still at +; if I put my
> hand in front of the lens, the needle moves, but..
>
> My first thought was that it might be the wrong sort of battery; they say
> "PX 625A Alkaline" on them, which suggests they're not the old mercury ones
> -- but the weird thing is that the OM1MD seems to be working fine. Should I
> expect the metering to be _this_ far off because of the wrong battery? Is
> there some other more obvious thing I'm doing wrong here?
>
I think John or Clint just mentioned that with the wrong battery, the
meter is off at least 3 stops. Maybe the -MD has been recalibrated to take
the new battery, and the other has not been so modified. I think some one
mentioned a sticker that gets placed in the film chamber to indicate the
recalibration was done.
George S.
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