Both bodies have an LED next to one of the SBCs. Actually, with minor
modification, a 2 circuit is interchangeable with a 2N.
John Hermanson
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Barker" <imagopus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, October 14, 2000 1:10 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] Re: olympus-digest V2 #1893
| Not so according to Franz Pangerl. He says that the LED was
| available on the OM2 to limit exposures to "15 minutes at the most".
| The length may be a guess on his part, but the existence of the LED
| must be fairly certain.
|
| Chris
|
|
| >This has been covered in the past a couple of times. One of the
| >modifications on the new model OM2n was to add the time limiting led.
| >The original OM2 did not have a limiter led and consequently allowed
| >much longer auto exposure. It was for this reason that when presented
| >with the choice of keeping the OM2 or the OM2n, I opted for the OM2.
| >
| >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| >clintonr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
| >
| >>
| >> In use, however, an OM-2 or OM-2n _may_ keep the shutter open much
| >> longer than one or two minutes. But both models have a tiny LED
peeking
| >> into one of the Silicon Blue Cells to assure that, even in "total"
| >> darkness, the shutter will eventually close. The P-circuit of the
OM-2n
| > > will also cut power after approximately three minutes, anyway.
| >>
| --
| <|_:-)_|>
|
| Chris Barker
| imagopus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
| ... a nascent photo library.
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