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Re: [OM] I expect this kind of nonsense when shooting digital

Subject: Re: [OM] I expect this kind of nonsense when shooting digital
From: Dawid Loubser <dawid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2012 19:02:42 +0200
Dude, real men use their OM-3Ti without batteries.
They keep the OM-4Ti as a backup, for when the wife needs to take a  
picture :-)


On 12 Mar 2012, at 6:44 PM, Ken Norton wrote:

> So, a few days ago I was shooting with the OM-4T and had a moment of  
> puzzlement.
>
> I looked through the viewfinder and was trying to get a spot reading.
> I tapped the shutter-release to wake up the display.
>
> Nothing. No lovely OM-4T display.
>
> Hmmm....
>
> Lowered the camera, checked the battery and even did the reset. Just
> pointing the camera downward I looked again and the display was just
> find. I tried the backlight and the display worked fine.
>
> Raised the camera, display was gone.
>
> Hmmm...
>
> Lowered, it was back. A real head-scratcher if there ever was.
>
> As my opportunity to get the shot was rapidly passing, I just threw
> the camera in auto exposure mode, dialed in an estimated aperture for
> the scene and took the shot. I wanted a second shot from a different
> angle. Suddenly the display comes back.
>
> Hmmm...
>
> It was then that I realized that I was holding the camera differently
> and my left hand was over the top of the lens and not underneath. I
> had the backlight window covered by my finger.
>
> ID10T error.
>
> AG
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