If direct sunlight goes in the hole, you might get some fogging. There is a
baffle plate in there which blocks the path of some of the light.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Fernando Gonzalez Gentile" <fgnzalez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2003 8:01 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] Problem with OM2n
> on 22/10/2003 17:05, John Hudson at 13874@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> > With an OM2n is the film automatically exposed to light fogging if the
motor
> > driver / winder cap is missing from the body?
>
> Hi John,
>
> My experience: only the already exposed film, at the right side of the
> camera, will be fogged if you take off the MD cap and are so unlucky to
have
> a bright light pointing at the coupling gear. When I did such a stupid
> thing, only fogged the first two frames because I had taken only two
> pictures. First one was more fogged than the second. I tried to find out
> where from did the light came through. Inspected carefully under a strong
> light source, found that light leaks just at a tiny spot at the base of
the
> take up spool. Fogging will affect more the first pictures. It would
> increase obviously depending on light intensity, time under such a light,
> and film speed. Worst situation would be a completely exposed roll of high
> speed film under a strong light right into the MD coupling. IMHO.
>
> Fernando.
>
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