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Re: [OM] slide question

Subject: Re: [OM] slide question
From: Charles Sdunek <charles@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 06 Apr 2002 10:37:34 -0500
Years ago, I had a pentax spotmatic that did this...left a portion of the frame dark. It seemed to happen much more often in cold weather. I always assumed that the shutter was sticky or something. Rarely ever happened in warm weather.

Charles


At 10:26 AM 4/6/02, you wrote:
and if curtain position were out, then this defect would show on every
frame.
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----- Original Message -----
From: <clintonr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, April 05, 2002 6:11 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] slide question


> Sorry!  Confusing terminology, my fault.  Read that as "0.5 to 1 bar
width"
> of overlap.
>
> If you've got other OM's, you can compare them with a suspect body, like
the
> OM-2s in question -- the overlap will vary slightly from camera to camera,
> but with obvious side-to-side exposure problems like the ones described
> (completely dark on one side), it should be obviously off.
>
> John Cwiklinski wrote:
>
> > clintonr wrote:
> >
> > >>To check for proper curtain timing, open the back and wind the shutter
> > half-way, ... if it's in the proper location, it should be positioned no
> > more than 1 to 1/2 bar width to the left of the exposed bar.<<
> >
> > Do you mean 1 to 1.5 or .5 to 1 bar widths?
> > Also, does it matter which mode, i.e. auto, manual or bulb, the camera
is
> > in?
> >
> > John Cwiklinski


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