Olympus-OM
[Top] [All Lists]

Re: [OM] dark current

Subject: Re: [OM] dark current
From: gma <gma@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1999 15:56:28 -0800
Hans;

I recently got another 4T. A later model black one. I've not used it for
night shots yet. Someday soon I'll do a side-by-side test. Will post.

George

Hans van Veluwen wrote:
> 
> George wrote:
> 
> :My 4T doesn't do this.  Depending on scene and aperture, I get varying
> :shutter speeds - up to a maximum of close to 4 minutes.  Eg if F/2 gives
> :me 1.5 mins, F/2.8 will go for 3 min.
> 
> This sounds very interesting. When my very expensive :-) slide film is full,
> I'll do some tests with my 4Ti and see if I can reproduce this too. I know
> my 4 locks up. Well, maybe we should read the given exposure limit specs of
> 1 min. (centre weighted) and 4 min. (spot) as values that are guaranteed by
> Olympus to be reproducable, but that individual cameras may go beyond these
> values. And maybe you *were* lucky, that your camera does the 4 min job also
> w/o spot. Unless it won't do it also in spot mode; in this case, some wires
> are probably just reversely connected :-)
> This individual behaviour of the OM-4(Ti) makes them just like human
> beings - I always felt it was alive and kicking! And you better treat it
> accordingly. If you drop it (bad boy, Alexander, bad boy!) it will punish
> you by taking unsharp pictures. And if it has too much battery drain, you
> haven't been talking gently enough to it, now have you? And when I want to
> take the shot of my life, I'll consider if I should take it to bed with me
> the night before (that is, if the 4Ti is feminine :-)
> 
> Hans
> 
>

< This message was delivered via the Olympus Mailing List >
< For questions, mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >
< Web Page: http://Zuiko.sls.bc.ca/swright/olympuslist.html >


<Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread>
Sponsored by Tako
Impressum | Datenschutz