Yes, the eccentric on the meter movement is for fine tuning. Don't even
think about changing a resistor.
John Hermanson
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----- Original Message -----
From: "C.H.Ling" <chling@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2001 1:48 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] Film to flange distance in various OM bodies
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| clintonr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
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| > While most camera makers build in "adjustments" for the body focus (lens
| > mount-to-film rail distance), Olympus simply mills the film rails and
| > attachment points for the body castings very precisely. Unless an OM
| > suffers impact, these will never change, so "adjustment" isn't
| > necessary.
| >
| > This design concept is reflected in the meter circuitry of the OM-1/1n
| > and 2/2n, which eschews "variable resistors" to adjust the meter.
| > Instead, only fixed resistors and precise quality control are used to
| > assure accuracy in the meter circuit.
| >
|
| My be the OM1 does not have a variable resistor for meter adjust, but
| it adjust the meter mechanically by rotating of the galvanometer, does
| it make the adjustment more accurate?
|
| C.H.Ling
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