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Re: [OM] Dark strip on left

Subject: Re: [OM] Dark strip on left
From: "Barry B. Bean" <bbbean@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 05 May 1999 12:26:26 -0500 (CDT)
On Wed, 5 May 1999 16:31:39 +0200 (MET DST), Omer Nezih GEREK wrote:

>On Wed, 5 May 1999, Barry B. Bean wrote:
>
>> I've had this same problem on my OM-1n due to a faulty shutter - as I
>> understand it, the first screen doesn't make it all the way across,
>> and only closes when hit by the second screen. The result is a faster
>> effective shutter speed for one side of your shot than the other,
>> possibly leaving an unexposed section on one side.
>> 
>> BBB
>
>The mismatching curtain speeds were talked about in this list before. 
>But, anyway, wouldn't that make a gradual darkening up to the completely 
>dark stripe, instead of a strip in the strict sense?

Not necessarily. I got both results on my camera when I had the
shutter prob.

BB
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