A properly operating OM-1 may not center the needle when doing this test.
It does not mean that something is wrong with your 1/1N.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Dapoz" <md@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, January 28, 2002 4:57 PM
Subject: RE: [OM] OM-1N, metering way off
> On Mon, 28 Jan 2002, Daniel J. Mitchell wrote:
>
> > It's almost as if the only thing affecting the needle is the light
meter,
> > and the rest of the camera is somehow disconnected from it.
>
> If the needle doesn't centre with the SS dial on B, ISO set to 100, and a
> 50/1.8 mounted, then there's a mechnical problem somwhere.
> -mark
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