Sean,
Just tried what you did with my OM-1 and the behaviour was exactly the same.
Mine has behaved faultlessly for 20+ years, so I guess it must be just a
characteristic of the camera.
...Wayne
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sean Chan [SMTP:sean@xxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Monday, November 02, 1998 12:46 PM
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [OM] Bizzare OM-1 metering behaviour
>
> Hi all,
>
> I was using my OM-1 during the weekend and noticed some rather
> unexpected metering behaviour. The metering was switched off, shutter
> set to B, aperture F-stop at 1.4. Funnily the metering needle was lightly
> bouncing up and down depending on where I was pointing the lense to. I
> thought maybe it wasn't properly switched off so I flicked the switch to
> on and the needle went straight up (which was correct 'cos it was a
> sunny day). Flicking it back to off was back to the same problem. I
> never noticed this before 'cos the shutter was always set to 1/60 or
> above during camera storage and the needle obviously stayed low.
>
> So, if "off" *REALLY* off?? Or is there some current drain happening
> with my battery?? Does this happen on other OM-1's?? I'll be jacked off
> if it means that I have a faulty OM-1 'cos I haven't even received my
> OM-4Ti back from repairs (wait a minute, I haven't even received a
> *quote* in the past 2 weeks!!).
>
> No luck with electronic equipment,
> Sean
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