> I like this OM-4 I got about a year ago, but I posted a few months ago
> about a problem with the self-timer. I had used it for MLU/aperture
> stopdown until one day I tried it on a macro flower shot with flash and it
> wouldn't work. It appeared as though it was working correctly, making all
> the correct sounds and pitches through its 12 seconds of anticipation, but
> then it would fail to fire and just keep beeping, though the beeping was
> different from before (and didn't sound quite right). I would have to end
> the sequence by moving the tab and physically turning the self-timer off.
>
> In both cases of failure the film comes back as a *non-exposure*. The
> shutter apparently never opened, though I am able to advance the camera to
> the next frame. That surprised me as I was guessing the frames would be
> over-exposed.
>
> Anyway, please share my joy, but anybody else run into anything like this?
Joel,
I think you asked the list about this a while back.
Anyway, I have run into this problem with my OM-4 and, for me, it is an
early sign of failing batteries. The camera works fine w/out mirror
lock-up, but the mirror lock-up requires to much power for the failing
batts.
If it is not the batts, then I would be eager to know what else it could be.
--p.j.
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