Meters in my 3 and 4s all work advanced or not. Dirt/oxidation/corrosion
sounds like the culprit, unfortunately.
Try loosening and retightening the bottom plate screws.
-----Original Message-----
From: Andrew McPhee [mailto:macca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2004 6:02 AM
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [OM] Re: Question about OM-4 spot meter
Thanks for the tips.
I checked the screws on the bottom - all tight.
The battery cover is aluminium on the inside and black on the outside. I
took the batteries out and gave them another wipe just for luck while I was
in there. The battery compartment looks clean, no sign of green or rust in
there (although that horrid-looking little spring Oly used as a bottom
contact bugs me).
I'm using brand-new Toshiba LR44's.
I have the feeling the problem is a dirty contact somewhere in the
electronics. But the fact that the spot meter does not work when the film
has been advanced bothers me - I would have thought those two functions
worked completely independently of each other.
Does your OM-4 spot meter work with the film advanced?
Andrew
At 02:32 PM 21/09/2004 +0200, Iwert wrote:
>Hello,
>
>three possibilities you can try:
>
>1. tighten the bottom screws of the camera firmly (especially the ones
>near the tripod thread). 2. check if the battery cover is plain
>aluminium and not painted (black). 3. clean the battery compartiment
>and put in known GOOD SR44's (eveready 357's).
>
>these are the tricks that do it for me mostly... others will probably
>follow with advice! Otherwise I can also think of dirty contacts
>somewhere...
>
>Iwert.
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