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Re: [OM] OM4 mechanical shutter 'bug'?

Subject: Re: [OM] OM4 mechanical shutter 'bug'?
From: John Hermanson <omtech@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 28 Mar 1998 05:56:08 -0500

John Hermanson wrote:

> Thats right!  Since flash sync goes through the IC, it will not work on the
> mechanical 60 with dead batteries.  It will work at the setting if there are
> good batteries in the camera.
> Also, it is normal for the shutter to give no exposure on mechanical 60 with a
> motor/winder and dead batteries.  Not good in my opinion, but normal.
> We noticed these while doing incoming inspections of the first OM-4s back in
> 84(?)    It was in this shipment taht I found an OM-4 with a serial number 
> below
> 1,000,000.  It's out there somewhere.
> (I sold it some time ago).
>
> John
> Camtech
> http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/olympustech1997
>
> WKato wrote:
>
> > In a message dated 98-03-27 11:41:04 EST, you write:
> >
> > <<  No problem, I thought, because it was night, was
> >  gonna use a flash anyway, so this is where the mechanical shutter is
> >  for. >>
> > The same thing happened to me.  This is an important shot so I'll make sure
> > that the shutter speed is 1/60th--you know the rest.  Perhaps the electronic
> > flash sync is not mechanical but eletronic.
> >
> > Warren Kato
> > wkato@xxxxxxx
> >
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