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Re: [OM] Bizzare OM-1 metering behaviour

Subject: Re: [OM] Bizzare OM-1 metering behaviour
From: Richard Schaetzl <Richard.Schaetzl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 03 Nov 1998 13:33:32 +0100
Garth Wood wrote:

> >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.

Please remove the battery and look what will happen. The needle will be
still at the same position. There is no influence of the battery.

Regards

Richard


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