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Re: [OM] OM-2S and reciprocity failure

Subject: Re: [OM] OM-2S and reciprocity failure
From: Joel Wilcox <jowilcox@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 29 Nov 1999 13:53:45 -0600
At 12:20 PM 11/29/1999 -0500, you wrote:
>Richard Ross wrote:
>> 
> The meter
>> reading in manual at f3.5 was 0.5 sec approx, which equates to 8 sec at f16
>> which was the taking aperture.  In auto, the camera opened the shutter for
>> 24 sec, about 1.5 stops "over exposed".  
>
>One of the things that bothers me about my 2S is the sometimes big
>discrepancy between the preview reading in AUTO and the actual length of
>the exposure.  I could be getting bad preview readings only, since the
>shutter seems always to open for the correct amount of time.  
>
>

This latter problem could be the result of the infamous Dirty ASA Dial
Syndrome.  Try rotating the dial a few times and see if the display doesn't
show more predictable exposure values.

Joel Wilcox
Iowa City, Iowa USA

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