Re: [OM] Ugh. Stupidity strikes again.

[Winsor Crosby]

> On Mon, 12 Aug 2002 12:43, "Robert Gries" <rgg@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Well, after it happened on my Y*shicaMat, I taped down the lever so that
> > it would never happen again, but sadly the FP/X lever on the OM-1n was
> > set incorrectly, and wasted 2-1/2 rolls of good macro tests.
> I thought the FP/X switch only affects the hot-shoe on the OM-1
> and not the OM-1n, whose hot-shoe is always "X".  I had a whole
> vacation's flash pictures ruined because the switch on my OM-1
> got tripped to FP accidentally and I didn't notice it.  After
> that, I got myself an OM-1n and didn't worry about it since.
>
> My understanding is that the FP/X switch on the OM-1n only affects
> the socket and not the hot-shoe.
That is why John Hermanson as part of a a CLA will disable the switch
for you so that it is always X.
--
Winsor Crosby
Long Beach, California

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