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Subject: [OM] Re: Odd self-timer behavior on OM-4t
From: alfredo pagliano <alfredo_pag@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2005 22:48:07 +0200
Maybe the camera is asking: "again, again!"  :-D

Alfredo

On Sep 2, 2005, at 10:43 PM, Robert Swier wrote:

> Hello all,
>  Just to add a little extra OM content, I thought I'd ask for comments 
> about
> some strange behavior I've noticed in my OM-4t. When shooting macro, I 
> often
> use the self-timer to take advantage of the mirror lock-up and the 
> touchless
> shutter release. I sit there while the camera is doing its beeps, then 
> it
> does the exposure, and usually that's the end. However, sometimes 
> after long
> expousures, the camera does a second round of beeps *after* the 
> shutter has
> closed and the mirror has lowered. The pre-exposure beeps (and the 
> flashing
> light) are obviously intended to say "get ready, I'm about to take a
> picture. I can't think of what a full sequence of beeps *after* the 
> exposure
> could mean. I've often wondered if this was a feature of all OM-4t's 
> or if
> my particular camera has some malfunction or something. This only 
> happens on
> long exposures, but I don't think its susposed to be an indication 
> that the
> maximum exposure time has been reached. The images are always properly
> exposed, so I've never bothered investigating it further.
>  Cheers,
>  Robert Swier
> Toronto, Canada
>
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