For those who has been after this thread please disregard comments I
made at the bottom - I was wrong. I should have checked with my -2n,
my manual (0379 date code), and my memory bank before sending the
mail. I apologize.
JimT
Here is the correction and quotes from the OM-2 Instructios at Glance
and Instruction manuals:
1. The OM-2n will not function without battery power. If you release
the shutter without batteries or with batteries that are dead, the
mirror locks and the field of view through the viewfinder darkens
(indicating that no batteires are loaded or that the batteries are
dead). To unlock th mirror load fresh batteries and move the selector
lever to the CHECK-RESET position.
2. NOTE from page 13 of the Instructions manual:
If you release the shutter with the selector lever at OFF in normal
lighting condition, the built-in exposure control is automatically
activated to take a properly-exposed picture, so as not miss optimum
exposure chance, at any moment. The difference between the auotmatic
exposures in the OFF position and the AUTO position, howver, is that
the OFF mode exposure stops in 1/30 sec, maximum to save battery
exhaustion.
Forwarded message:
>
> I should have made clear about complete manual mode without batteries.
> I have the original manual and I am pretty certain the shutter would
> trip at 60th second when the switch is at OFF position. And I have
> used it without batteries in place in the past.
>
> If you try to operate the -2n without batteries, there will be no
> AE circuitries to calculate and control exposure times and to
> activate the shutter/aperature diaphragrm mechanisms. This is
> the same condition as when the lever is at OFF position. However,
> I believe the camera is designed such that shutter would trip
> mechanically at 60th second without any power. You may need to
> rely on experience or separate light/flash meter for desired
> exposures.
>
> Jim Terazawa
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