In your message dated: Thu, 02 Apr 1998 10:12:43 EST you write:
>The FAQ claims:
>
>>B6) What are the differences between an OM-1 and an OM-1N?
>> The OM-1N has redesigned film advance and rewind release levers,
>> a direct contact inside for Recordata backs, a flash
>> ready/sufficient flash LED in the viewfinder, and
>> automatic X-sync with Shoe 4.
>
>I'm a bit puzzled by this last one (automatic X-sync).
>Comes this all-mechanical direct descendant of the mother of all OM
>equipped with a little dwarf that responds to electric signals emitted
>from an activated T20 or T32, reaching out his little hands to
>"automatically" set the shutter ring at 1/60? If this is the case, I
>want some refund on my OM-3, because I think the dwarf is missing. Or
>is it? Maybe it only comes out when the moon is full? Or could this
>part of the FAQ be a copy and paste demon?
No, what "automatic X-sync" means in this case is that no matter what
position you have the FP/X switch set at, the shoe will always be in X
sync. With the OM-1 (no N) this was apparently not true, and you had to
watch the position of the switch.
Cheers,
--Lee
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