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Subject: [OM] Re: OM-4 Speed Ring Adventures
From: John Hermanson <omtech1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2006 09:14:21 -0500
There are no intermediate speeds (between clicks) in manual mode.  If 
you need intermediate speeds, you'll have to use auto ;-)

John
CPS, Inc.


On 11/17/2006 7:18:13 PM, S Revlis (srevlis3@xxxxxxxxx) wrote:
> I had a too hard to turn speed selector ring so I got the “new” used
> speed ring. Everything cleaned and lubed, put back together and still
> too stiff, so I figure the spring that pushes the little ball bearing
> into the detents in the speed ring is pushing too hard so I bend it
> back a bit. Too big a bit it turns out because it doesn't even get
> close to getting the ball into the ring. So I try to bend it back -
> really hard to do.
> 
> Now the spring just barely pushes the ball so the speed ring can be
> easily moved with just one finger and there is some, but not much,
> feedback when it slots into any given speed. Kind of feels like the
> thumb notch focus on some Leica M lenses..
> 
> Question: In manual mode does the shutter only fire at the speed
> shown in the view finder or will it fire at speeds in between if the
> selector ring is set at say 1/60 & a third of the way to 1/125?
> 
> I guess some of you might like to try this on your OM’s if you like
> one finger speed selection. I can’t help wonder if there is some
> major drawback to this that you’re all about to inform me of.
> 
> 


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