Welcome to the list. It is a very strange but odd coincidence that the film
must not be advanced for spot to work. Spot should work regardless. It
could be the spot switch (little black button on the mount) has been a
little clipped off. This happens when a non-Olympus lens (with extra screw
holes on the mount) is mounted. As the unit is turned on the mount, one of
the screw holes passes over the switch and cuts the tip off. A clipped
button will affect meter relight switch, spot, hilite, & shadow functions.
That usually makes these functions not work at all but could make them
intermittent. Also, electrical contact pad under spot button could be
dirty.
John Hermanson
Camtech Photo Services, Inc.
21 South Lane,
Huntington, NY, 11743-4714,
631-424-2121, www.zuiko.com
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrew McPhee" <macca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2004 7:44 AM
Subject: [OM] Question about OM-4 spot meter
> Hi all,
>
> I'm Andrew, new to the list. I just joined yesterday, a Zuikoholic from
> Australia, have been for 30 years now, I don't want to be cured...
>
> Introductions over, I have a question I'd like to ask the OM-4 owners.
>
> I have recently acquired an OM-4 and it has an annoying problem with the
> spot metering button - it only works intermittently. And the weirdest
part
> is that it only works if the film has not been advanced. Other than this
> the camera (and meter) work faultlessly.
>
> I've loaded a test film and put in new batteries. I turn the meter switch
> to Auto and give the shutter button a touch to wake it up. But then I
have
> to hold my tongue right if I want to take a spot measurement, sometimes I
> press the little button until my finger gets sore just trying to get a
> response from the beast.
>
> Same goes for the Exposure Memory / Memory Clear switch, it also only
seems
> to work when it feels like it. But when one works then they both
work...as
> long as the film has not been advanced.
>
> Can anyone please tell me if I'm doing something wrong here? I've
> downloaded a copy of the instruction manual and I from what I can tell I'm
> doing it right. Shouldn't the spot meter work regardless of the film
being
> advanced or not?
>
> Regards,
> Andrew McPhee
>
>
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