From: John Hermanson
Subject: Re: [OM] XA question - long post
>Oil on the shutter blades also might make the shutter not open at all or
jam
>in the open position. There are 2 cds cells in the XA, 1 for the meter
>reading , the other for auto exposure. When the auto cds cell goes bad,
>exposure would consistently be in the 8-10 second range.
>A cracked ceramic board would jam the camera in the self timer mode.
>
>John
Thanks John. My XA's symptoms don't fit any of these. Wherever I set the asa
selector the needle responds as I'd expect, but the shutter is consistently
about 4 stops slow - an indicated 1/500 looks and sounds like 1/30, an
indicated 1/8th gives me 2 seconds, and is linear in between. The Flash
speed looks and sounds like 1/60th as it should. No amount of 'exercising'
the shutter has shortened this 4 stop discrepancy.
It had been lying on its back, batteries out, in its box for around five
years - could it have lost some vital magnetism?
Regards,
Keith (Birmingham UK)
keith_r.k.berry@xxxxxxxxxx
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