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[OM] Re: Odd self-timer behavior on OM-4t

Subject: [OM] Re: Odd self-timer behavior on OM-4t
From: "PhotoSphere Olympus Camera Service" <olyfix@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 12:00:29 -0500
If it's not weak batteries, my first check would be of the ground screws --
the 4t's seem to be _very_ prone to this sort of thing.  But you've got to
remove the top cover to get to them....


> 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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