The OM-2 has longer otf capability based on asa setting. ASA 12 film will
expose up to about 19 minutes in a coal bin at midnight. ASA 1600 is limited
to about 20 seconds. The 2N is pretty consistent at 3.5 minutes at any ASA,
though the instruction book claims only 2 minutes.
John Hermanson
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----- Original Message -----
From: Dave Bulger <dbulger@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, April 02, 2000 11:26 PM
Subject: RE: [OM] questions about other low ev cameras
> Rand,
>
> Help me with this if you would. I was under the impression that the -2n
> went way way long on exposure times, and that the -2 didn't. Is this
> backwards?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dave
>
> >
> > John,
> > Myself and no doubt many others on this list refuse to
> > part with our
> > OM2 for the simple reason that they are very capable of very long
> > exposures. I have taken well exposed (for the conditions) in the
> > vicinity of 17 minutes. Don't you find it odd that they limited the
> > long exposure on the OM2n to two minutes yet they rate it as having a
> > better EV value than the OM2 ? I wonder what the real EV
> > rating on the
> > OM2 really is ?
>
>
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