[OM] Re: Strange problem with OM-4 Ti - dark left border on some photos

[John Hermanson]

Open the back and fire the shutter on B.  Do you see the second curtain bar
(on the right) before you let the second curtain close?  If so, curtains
gave jumped out of position and are partially blocking the film (but that
would happen in all exposures. )
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Piers Hemy" <piers@xxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, June 11, 2004 12:43 PM
Subject: [OM] Re: Strange problem with OM-4 Ti - dark left border on some
photos


>
> Sounds like one of the shutter curtains is slow - ie not a battery problem
> at all.
>
> Piers
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of Bernard Frangoulis
> Sent: 11 June 2004 17:31
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [OM] Strange problem with OM-4 Ti - dark left border on some
photos
>
> I have been having a strange problem with my OM-4 Ti for some months.
>
> In some pictures, the left side (or the bottom side for vertical
> shots) is dark. This affects about 10-15 % of the picture field. The limit
> between the dark and the unaffected part is gradual, blurred (as in a
> graduated filter).
>
> The occurrence of this phenomenon appears to be random. In some rolls, not
a
> single photo is affected, while in others, up to half of them are touched.
> It seems to appear more frequently with the 180/2.8, but with other lenses
> it does occur as well (e.g. the 35-105). The "unaffected" part of the
> picture can be normally exposed, or sometimes slightly underexposed.
>
> BTW, this happens even with new (357) batteries ;-)
>
> What could be the cause of this annoying behaviour ?
>
> Bernard
>
>
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