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Re: [OM] Hello again, and a question

Subject: Re: [OM] Hello again, and a question
From: Winsor Crosby <wincros@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2001 19:28:26 -0700
At 01:55 PM 4/17/01 -0700, "Paul, the Catmaster" wrote:

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What is that little unmarked button for that sits to the right of the OM-4T
marking(as you are facing the front)?
Shipman says it is a viewfinder illuminator button, but I cannot get it to
do anything.
What is it, or how do you get it to work? Is the light bulb burned out or
something possibly?

Paul:

Yes, that's the viewfinder illumination button. The little light that lights up for a few seconds when you push it is more than adequate for nighttime illumination, but it's almost impossible to see in daylight or bright room light. Check it in a dark room first. If your batteries are good and you still can't see it, bummer. (Don't use it all the time, either -- really sucks the power out of those little silver cells...)

By the by, when you press the button, it also makes the light-gathering window at the front of the camera light up. Your subjects will think they're being attacked by Cylons! ;-)

Garth


I believe that the meter has to be on for the lamp switch to work. Push the shutter down part way to turn on the metering system and then push the viewfinder illuminator button to turn it on. It goes off automatically after a few seconds.

Winsor
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Winsor Crosby
Long Beach, California
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