Re: [OM] OM-2 meter problem(?) (help!)

[Moose]

So it needs fixing if you want to use it on Auto. 10+ years isn't a bad 
run between tuneups.
Moose

Kurt Klein wrote:

> The sun was more above me than behind me, and I have taken over 3000
> pictures in manual mode with little to no exposure problems.  I use my
> hand to block the sun and get my eyes really close.
>
> When I aim my camera at a dim lamp in my apartment at night with no other
> lights on, I get the same problem.  There is virtually zero light coming
> from anywhere but in front of me, and the Auto meter will indicate a
> shutter speed up to 4 times faster than what the camera actually takes the
> picture at.  Plus, when I rotate the shutter speed dial, the Auto meter
> changes proportionately and opposite to the rotation, i.e. if meter says
> 125 and dial is at 125, and then I rotate the dial to 60, meter reads 250,
> and then 30 and 500, etc.


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