Ian M. Stewart wrote:
>My father in law has had an OM1 for many years, and knew nothing about
>Olympus other than that he likes the camera. I was trying to explain to
>him my new found knowledge about the metering system (I am assuming it's
>the same on the OM1) measuring the light from the front of the shutter
>curtain, and the strange pattern of spots on the curtain. Of course he
>had never seen this (it's always behind the mirror) ...
Ian:
Bad thinking! Unlike the OM-10, the OM-1 has its meter cells in the
pentaprism, so the shutter curtains are jet black.
>... so I tried to show him the pattern on my OM10.
>So here's the question, why does the mirror on my OM10 only go half way up
>when I use the self timer to "lock up" the mirror? Is this correct or have
>I discovered a fault? If it's not a fault does the half way up position
>suffice to subdue unwanted vibrations?
Bad, bad boy! Didn't they teach you in school not to look under a
Scotsman's kilt (or the girls' skirts) ?
;-) ;-)
The OM-10 body is decidedly a Scotsman's Olympus. The emphasis is,
first and foremost, on frugality (though clearly not at the expense
of functionality). There's nothing wrong with your camera. In fact,
half way up is actually better than nothing at all -- the way the
self-timer works on OM-2/2n.
Cheer up,
P.S. ... and no hate mail from Scots, pls. I beg ya! /G.S.
/Gary Schloss.
Studio City, CA
schloss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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