Hi all,
John Lind wrote
>
> At 12:49 AM 1/28/2005, you wrote:
>
>
> >I've never had one of those. But I have been offered a plain OM4 recently. I
> >declined; for one I didn't want one right now, and secondly, as far as I
> >could
> >see the plain 4 didn't have a self-timer and aperture pre-fire with mirror
> >raise. So I'll never buy one except for re-sale (and I'm no salesman, so
> >that's
> >very unlikely).
>
> Brian,
> The OM-4 does both.
>
> The tab switch under the red LED "button" on the front of the body has two
> functions. In the center position it allows the "beeping" . . . when the tab
> is moved to one side (toward the lens mount) it silences the beeping (which is
> where it usually is on mine) . . . and to the other side (away from the lens
> mount) it activates the electronic self timer. The tab only moves about 30
> degrees from center in either direction. The mirror pre-fires when shutter
> release is activated. This works just the same as on the OM-2S[p] with the
> exception, if I recall correctly, that one must lift up the tab slightly
> toward
> the top of the camera to turn the switch.
>
> -- John
> [I have both an OM-2S and OM-4]
Hi John, The first thing I did when the salesman handed me the camera was
to try and move the tab above the red LED cover. It didn't move. It was rock
solid. It looked as though it had never been capable of moving, or had never
been moved.
So I concluded that it was an early model where all the cosmetics were there
covering nothing in particular.
Maybe it was a defective example. I must go back and ask to see it again,
but I suspect they have sold it.
Brian
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