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Re: [OM] Mirror lock-up question

Subject: Re: [OM] Mirror lock-up question
From: "Gareth.J.Martin" <g.j.martin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2002 11:49:05 +0100
Yeah I completely agree. The list goes on and on of what can cause vibration. Even professional telescopes such as the Gemini scopes, ESO VLT and the Keck have problems with vibration. I dare say that from my exposed location wind is the major problem I enounter. Vibration is one of those problems with telescopes which just cannot be fully eliminated, unfortunately.

All the best,
Gareth.

It's not just the camera mechanism. The whole setup of 'scope, mount, camera attachment, camera, etc has certain resonant frequencies at which it easily vibrates naturally and others which hardly affect it at all. A camera mirror/shutter mechanism that creates a great deal of vibration at a 'dead' frequency can have less effect on sharness than a camera which creates much less total vibratory energy, but does so at a resonant frequency. Direction of vibration makes a difference too. The horizontal shutter in all OMs except the OM2000 differ from the vertical shutter mechanisms in most recent cameras.

Other factors like wind, equatorial drive motor, vibration from the earth, etc. could create ongoing vibration with one camera body and not on with another.

Moose






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