Dan
My OM-1n has the same behaviour. I suspect, in my case, that the ASA dial
has "slipped" and now shows the wrong setting. At one time ASA 400 shows on
the 1n as ASA 50, the next time as ASA 1600. My guess it's mechanical and
fixable for $50 or so (haven't had the money for that myself yet )
Henrik Dahl
Dan wrote:
> The plot thickens, somewhat.
>
> Further experimentation; if I move the ISO dial, the needle does change,
> but only fractionally -- if I point it at something very dark and change
> from 25..1600, the needle moves about 1 stop.
>
> More strange -- no matter what I do with the aperture dial, the needle
> never moves. I tried removing the lens and manually moving the sliding thing
> inside there back and forth, but that still does nothing.
>
> 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.
>
> Does this sound familiar at all?
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