The angle of the meter needle when the meter is switched off and at the B
setting can be varied by rotating the ASA dial. It does *not* indicate the
condition of the battery just the alignment of the inner strings and
pulleys. Sorry to disappoint!
Regards
Trevor J. Noble
-----Original Message-----
From: Joel Wilcox <jowilcox@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 03 November 1998 02:02
Subject: RE: [OM] Bizzare OM-1 metering behaviour
>At 10:31 AM 11/2/1998 -0700, you wrote:
>>At 01:02 PM 11/2/98 +0100, you wrote:
>>>Dear Sean and Wayne
>>>
>>>I read a review of the OM1 in Amateur Photographer a year or two ago in
>>>which the author described this as a battery life indicator. Apparently,
>>>if you set the shutter to B, with the meter switched off, the needle show
>>>the state of the battery - horizontal is good with progressively lower
>>>charge shown by lower needle angle.
>>>
>>>This was given as existing with the OM1, not the 1N, but my 1N seems to
act
>>>accordingly.
>>
>>I get the same behaviour with my OM-1n, which I think is a darn handy
>feature.
>>
>>Garth
>>
>Garth and all,
>
>Works with the battery mods too. I checked it with the OM-1 with MR9 and
>the one with John's mod. I had one low battery in one. I swapped them
>just to make sure. Yup.
>
>Joel
>
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