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Subject: [OM] OM 2 question
From: "JOHN SCHEUERER" <jhs8956@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 11:46:08 EST
Hi folks,
Here with another question. According to R. Lee Hawkin's Olympus OM SLR FAQs [see below] there were 2 versions of the dot pattern in the OM 2. Would the change in patterns have any effect on the photograph.[quality,edge to center, etc.] I figured they changed for some good reason or complaint.Thanks in advance for your input.

                                     J.S.

                                Soon buying an OM 2

From R. Lee Hawkins Olympus SLR OM FAQ

B24) Are there two different versions of the OM-2?

       Yes, there are.  Sometime in the late '70s the dot pattern on
       the first shutter curtain was changed.  The effect of this
       change was to change the metering pattern to be less
       dramatically center weighted.  The only way to tell which
       version you have is by looking at the first curtain (remove the
       batteries and fire the shutter to lock up the mirror).  If the
       dots are concentrated near the center, you have the old version.
       If they are more spread out, you have the new version.  See
       the following web page for pictures of the two different
       screens:

       http://brashear.phys.appstate.edu/lhawkins/photo/om2-curtains.shtml

       To unlock your mirror, replace the batteries and put the
       manual/auto/off/reset-check switch in the reset-check position.

       Thanks to "Doug Nowlin" <wa5ohb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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