On 9 Jan 98 at 20:55, Tomoko Yamamoto wrote:
> >>> of a shutter speed of1/2000, The whole IS line is capable of that.
> >
> >>As are most of the OMs, too (I think). I seem to recall that the OM-2 and
> >even
> >>my lowly OM-10 have a "hidden" top speed of 1/2000 in auto mode to provide
> >an
> >>extra stop of overexposure insurance.
> >>
> >
> >It would be interesting if this could be verified by other list members.
> >I've certainly not discovered any hidden top speed of 1/2000 on my OM-2SP!
> >
> As I was reading old Oly mails, I came across this, quoting from John H.'s
> e-mail:
>
> With no oil on the magnet, the shutter should fire between 1/1000 and
> 1/2000th of a second (the speeds above 1/1000 are not advertised) and
> you should see a light bar (due to the TV scanning system) about 1/8
> inch wide, running diagonally across the film plane.)
> This is from discussion of oil on the magnet in Shawn's OM-10. That may be
> why Shawn remembers this.
>
You could be right. But I am convinced that I have heard this before
about the OM-2 a long time ago when I Iast used one (around 1985).
But I have also been wrong before. Can anyone confirm whether my
memory is intact, or maybe just that I *think* it is? ;-)
Shawn Wright, I.T. Manager
Shawnigan Lake School
swright@xxxxxxxxx
http://Zuiko.sls.bc.ca/swright
http://www.sls.bc.ca
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