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RE: [OM] a question

Subject: RE: [OM] a question
From: "Brian P. Huber" <bphuber@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 00:20:25 -0500
OM-2& 2n do the same thing.

Brian P. Huber

> 
> At 16:42 1/9/01, Nicola wrote:
> >hi people
> >i saw that AE works in OFF position too;
> >what's the meaning of that?I need to switch to ON only when 
> working in
> >manual mode or to know if i have an adequate shutter speed?
> >tencs,Nicola
> 
> I presume this is your OM-10.
> This is a feature in case you accidentally leave the camera 
> off and attempt 
> to make a photograph.  The risk in operating in the OFF 
> position is not 
> knowing whether you have an acceptable shutter speed:  too 
> slow or not fast 
> enough (overexposure condition).
> 
> If you leave the switch in the ON position, the OM-10 will turn its 
> viewfinder display off after a while and you must depress the 
> ring switch 
> around the shutter release to turn the display back on.  Even 
> if you do not 
> turn the display back on, it will still meter and operate AE mode.

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