If meter does not read dead center in the "switch off meter needle position
test" it should NOT be construed as a defect.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Garth Wood" <garth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, October 07, 2002 11:28 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] Strange meter in my OM-1n
> At 11:06 AM 07/10/2002 -0400, Tom Scales wrote:
> >Yep, that's the way it works. Someone else will have a explanation, as I
> >don't, but I know that it does that and it is normal.
>
> Setting should be maximum aperture (with whatever lens you've got
mounted),
> ISO 100, "B" shutter speed. Meter should read dead-centre. I'm probably
> wrong in this, but I was always under the impression that this served two
> purposes:
>
> 1. It was a quick check that the meter was working and properly
calibrated; and
> 2. It was a quick check that the battery was reasonably charged up.
>
> I think I'm closer to the mark with "2" rather than "1" above. (I'm sure
> there are people who know better -- I couldn't find it in the FAQ, but
> didn't look in the e-SIF.)
>
> Garth
>
>
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