Did you press the shutter button all the way (and kept it held down all the
way)? Does it still do it if you use a cable release?
Allan
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>From: keith_w <keith_w@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
>To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [OM] Re: OM-1N shutter firing on B
>Date: Thu, 02 Nov 2006 02:53:32 -0800
>
>Ian Lowman wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I was just looking at one of my OM-1 camera bodies and, for the first
>time
> > recently, switched it to the B setting, in order to look straight
>through
> > it. To my surprise, instead of keeping open, it worked like it had been
>set
> > at 1/15 second (based on sound). All of the other (non-B) shutter
>settings
> > sounded reasonably correct.
> >
> > Is this a known/common problem? If so, I have a couple of questions:
> > a) does it affect other speeds? (assuming I don't need to use the B
>setting
> > on this body)
> > b) is it an expensive repair?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Ian
>
>If you had the shutter button held down and the shutter oopened and then
>closed all by itself, you do have a problem.
>
>What was your sequence?
>Wind the shutter, switch the knob to B, press and hold the shutter?
>
>keith whaley
>
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