I've never heard anyone say you shouldn't use the viewfinder illuminator. It
was put there to be used! Your camera has a bad circuit board, most likely,
and if that's the case it is not fixable. John will pop in I'm sure and
correct me If I am wrong but I am sure he's said before that no parts for
the electronics on the OM-2S are available.
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On 5/17/10 8:31 PM, "Nicholas Herndon" <nherndon@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> So I just got the OM-2S that I told y'all about last week. Looks
> good, great cosmetics, clear viewfinder, put new batteries in and
> everything seemed to work well...long story short, I found the
> viewfinder illuminator, then after pressing it, remembered vaguely
> reading somewhere that you're not supposed to use it, so I promptly
> pressed it again. Oh, and prior to doing that, I tried the battery
> check as well. Result? DEAD OM-2S.
> I think it works, but I'll need to pick up some new SR44s. Two quick
> questions: one, in manual mode, shouldn't the aperture and shutter
> speed operation be visible? And two, how easy is it typically to see
> exposure info in the viewfinder? I only ask because unlike my OM-2n,
> there was no exposure info in the viewfinder, in any mode.
>
> I'm afraid this one might be making a trip up to Huntington, NY...
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