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[OM] Re: OM-4 speed ring help needed

Subject: [OM] Re: OM-4 speed ring help needed
From: Mark Dapoz <md@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2006 20:25:15 -0400 (EDT)
On Tue, 3 Oct 2006, S Revlis wrote:

> I took off and cleaned the speed selector ring but moved the toothed wheel
> in the mirror box which tells the camera which speed it's at (manual). So
> I turned the wheel until 1/60 showed in finder then put the selector ring
> back on with 60th on top and thought I'd done a good thing.  Everything
> looked good at first, speeds from 2000th to 1 match in the finder and on
> the selector ring and in my ear, I need to push the little botton to get
> to Red 60th but here is the strange part: when I select "B" the shutter
> goes at something fast maybe 60th maybe more. What did I do wrong? How
> to fix it? Thanks

Sounds like you're off by a tooth.  Here's a picture of what it should look
like at 1/2000: http://olympus.dementia.org/misc/OM-4_dial.jpg
Adjust the dial so that it looks like the one in the picture and your
bulb setting should come back.
                                                -mark

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