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Re: [OM] XA problem

Subject: Re: [OM] XA problem
From: Richard Ross <rhdesign@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 09:41:23 +0100
Keith wrote:
>
>I don't hold too much hope though, as the meter
>needle in the viewfinder seems very accurate. When pressing the shutter
>release at an indicated 1/125th the shutter operates at what looks, and
>sounds, like 1/8th or slower.

Ah ... that sounds like a different problem altogether.  I was assuming the
needle reads low too.

>The offset seems to be quite linear, an
>indicated 1 second gives me an open shutter for around six seconds. The
>shutter speed when set for flash, however, is always instantaneous, which
>leads me to think that it's not an oily blade problem.

Sounds more electronic, certainly, but I can't offer any suggestions.

>It's now in a terrarium, hopefully out of reach of the cat, but in a clear
>polythene bag just in case

That cat story of John's has started something hasn't it? :-)

Good luck
Richard


Richard Ross
Hemel Hempstead, England
rhdesign@xxxxxxxxxxxxx


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