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Subject: Re: [OM] OM2 technical question...
From: "Tom Scales" <tscales@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2000 05:23:34 -0500
Cc: <marc@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Marc,

Are you testing this with film in the camera? If not, that's probably the
only problem. Since it reads off the film, it expects film reflectivity, so
the black of the film back gives the wrong exposures.  Try it with film and
I'll bet it works.

Tom

> I'm hoping the collective experience and wisdom of the list will help me
> with my OM2 problem.
>
> I purchased a beautiful OM2 with chrome finish recently. The problem I
> am having is that in Manual mode, with shutter speeds of 1/4 or below,
> the shutter stays open for a very long time, from 2-5 seconds, it
> varies. If I put it in Auto mode and take a shot such that the shutter
> speed required is 1/4 or slower, it works fine. I can live with the
> problem as I generally shoot the OM2 in auto mode anyway, and I very
> rarely use manual shutter speeds below 1/30 on any of my cameras, but I
> am curious if this is easily fixed or if anybody else has encountered
> this problem themselves.
>
> Thanks for any comments, advice or anecdotes,
> - marc
>
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