Tom wrote:
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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
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And before that, Marc wrote:
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> 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.
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Seems to me that the problem Marc is describing is not the same as the
one mentioned by Tom. Marc is having trouble with the camera switched
to Manual mode - in Auto mode, it works OK. I suspect there's something
wrong with your shutter speed selector, Marc - maybe a bad connection,
due to disuse, that could be fixed by cleaning. You might like to try
turning the shutter speed ring back and forth a few times, through the
slow speeds causing the trouble, and see if that makes any difference
to the camera's behaviour in manual mode. If so, then cleaning may work
for you.
Good luck,
=====
Ray
"The trouble with resisting temptation is
you never know when you'll get another chance!"
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