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> From: Red Rover <red_rover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [OM] Om metering question
> Date: Saturday, September 05, 1998 2:17 PM
>
> I have an Om-10 and a recently aquired Om-2s. In normal and bright
light
> conditions, typically outdoors, both cameras' auto exposures usually
agree.
> But in lower light instances, for example when my Om-10 will meter f5.6 @
> 1/30 with higher speed film, the Om-2s will consistently take longer
> exposures, quite a bit longer. And the strange thing is, the led readout
> will show a probable exposure and when I press the shutter button, auto
OTF
> will take a much longer exposure then expected. This is frustrating,
because
> the camera seems to work fine in every other way, and I've run slide film
> through the camera with good results. I haven't tried developing film
taken
> in THIS situation though, because I'm almost afraid of the results. I'm
not
> educated in the intricacies of OM cameras, I havent had them for long, so
> I'm looking to you good folks for any suggestions. Thanks.
Seems that it is a common problem of the 2s. I have the same problem with
my 2s few years ago. See my email posted yesterday.
C.H.Ling
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