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Re: [OM] night photography, mechanical shutter

Subject: Re: [OM] night photography, mechanical shutter
From: Antti Hahl <phahl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 19 Sep 1998 18:34:50 +0300 (EEST)

On Sat, 19 Sep 1998 GARYINLA@xxxxxxx wrote:

> Which OM bodies have mechanical Bulb shutter operation (which will work
> without batteries)?  I have read advice on how to do night photography, which
> recommended getting a camera that has a mechanical bulb operation on the
> shutter, otherwise for very long exposures the camera will eat batteries very
> fast.

OM-1, 1n, 2, 2n, 2sp, 3, 3ti, 4, 4ti :). The 2sp and 4 may have more
battery drain even with mechanical times than others, but removing
batteries should help. I'm not sure about all the two digit models but
OM-40 (PC) really EATS butteries with bulb exposure.

Antti Hahl
phahl@xxxxxxxxx



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