At the B setting, using any winder or motor will get you a shutter speed of
1/500.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Carlos J. Santisteban Salinas" <cjss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Lista de correo Olympus" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, August 05, 2002 2:04 PM
Subject: [OM] Winder 1 and 'B' exposure
> I'd like to have motorized film winding on a sequence of *long* (about 5
> minutes) exposures, for astrophotographical purposes (Perseids meteor
> shower). I tried this in an OM-1 with my Winder 1, but it won't work -- I
> get a short (1/30?) exposure in B, no matter how long I keep depressed the
> winder's shutter release.
>
> Would Winder 2 or Motor Drive 1/2 behave the way I want?
>
> Now I have to do a minor fix to my Winder 1 :-( so I haven't tried with my
> other OM bodies (1n, 2, 2n and 4). Maybe any of these would solve the
> problem? I've heard the OM-4 will do Bulb exposures with a Winder/MD
*only*
> if good batteries are installed, but they might get dead along a cold
night
> -- the Winder can be powered from batteries in my pocket, though.
>
> Any advice/experience would be greatly appreciated.
>
>
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