By "resistor board" I'm referring to those resistors soldered to the board
around the meter switch.
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John Hermanson
Camtech Photo Services, Inc.
21 South Lane, Huntington NY 11743-4714
631-424-2121 www.zuiko.com
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----- Original Message -----
From: <omtech@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2004 8:29 AM
Subject: [OM] Re: ON-2N and battery failure
>
> 2/2N meter position is controlled by the resistor board and a cam around
the
> meter housing. The resistor plate around the meter housing is for auto
> exposure only and when it goes defective, the normal behavior is for the
> shutter to stay open (auto only). It
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> John Hermanson
> Camtech Photo Services, Inc.
> 21 South Lane, Huntington NY 11743-4714
> 631-424-2121 www.zuiko.com
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, June 07, 2004 6:32 PM
> Subject: [OM] Re: ON-2N and battery failure
>
>
> > On Mon, 7 Jun 2004 15:17:06 -0700 (PDT), AG Schnozz
> > <agschnozz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >You know, it sounds like a dirty ASA(ISO) resister pad. The
> > >plague of all OM-2x series bodies.
> >
> > I think that would only affect auto exposure, wouldn't it? The manual
> > metering in the OM2n is a totally separate circuit (virtually
> > identical to the OM1). AFAIK the metering doesn't involve the ASA
> > resistor.
> >
> > Usual symptom in a 2n is erratic severe over-exposure in auto mode. In
> > the 2SP you get erratic severe under-exposure *and* crazy meter
> > readings.
> >
> >
> > John Gruffydd (Mold, Wales, UK)
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