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Re: Re: [OM] Vibrations with MLU on OM-1

Subject: Re: Re: [OM] Vibrations with MLU on OM-1
From: MorrisMini@xxxxxxx
Date: Sun, 30 May 1999 10:37:25 EDT
Hi all,

Winsor wrote:

<<It seems to me that a laser dealie mounted on a lens is not going to show
much since the light beam and the lens are going to be moving in concert
and watching the laser beam dance on a target might tell you a little, but
not much>>

I agree, and in addition, how much will the slight whipping of the rod and 
the integrity of its mechanical attachment to the lens/camera be a factor?  
All miniscule, true, but wouldn't it just add to the miniscule vibrations of 
the shutter?  Also, I tried dry-firing my OM-1n various configurations, 
including with the MLU and holding in the DOF button. There is a very tiny 
metallic snap of the shutter, but I could feel a tiny vibration through my 
fingers.  Certainly not much.  The DOF stopdown sequence dampens a lot of the 
sound of the snap, but adds a different dimension of vibration.  John H. 
surely has some input there as to the whys, as my seat-of-the-pants "test" is 
nothing more than observation.

Of course we also come to the question:  How could this camera EVER have been 
used to take a sharp picture??  They're all junk and shake like a buckboard 
on five miles of washboard road.  Throw them all out (my address on request 
for final resting place).  Everybody knows a bumblebee isn't supposed to 
fly........

-Tim Clark

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