As you've discovered, OFF does not lock the release. You'll see how this
puts the camera into a modified AUTO mode. If ambient light is bright
enough to provide a shutter speed above (approx) 1/45th of a second, you
will get the correct exposure, without having to turn the switch to AUTO
first.
John Hermanson
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Farrar" <farrar@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, October 20, 2000 12:01 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] OM-2n 'off' shutter speed.
| >
| > Greetings,
| >
| > I recently purchased an OM-2n from a lista and noticed that with the
film
| > advanced to the next frame and the camera 'off' the shutter will still
| > release. This is a nice feature so that I will be able to shoot with
dead
| > batteries in the winter. Since I have no users' manual I have been
| > wondering if anyone knows the shutter speed the camera chooses with the
| > camera off?
| >
| > --
| > Mark Thalman, markt@xxxxxxxxxxxx
| > Computers! All they think of is HEX!
|
| You still need a battery. Apparently the mirror release is mechanical.
| When the mirror flies up, it turns on the metering for an OTF auto
| exposure. So the camera is always "live". The shutter speed is limited,
| though, to 1/60, I think, to prevent battery discharge from long OTF
| exposures in the camera bag. The occasional wasted frame is held to
| be a trade-off for not missing shots you do want.
|
| If there is no battery, the mirror goes up, and everything stops.
| "B" is all mechanical. Once I took most of a workplace picnic by using
| B and small apertures! The 4s have a 1/60 mechanical speed, but it
| won't fire the flash, which is electronically switched.
|
| Paul
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