OM-4 should work at any speed with either motor drive. Check for corroded
battery contacts within the battery holder, melted contacts at the end of
the holder and/or melted battery contacts INSIDE the grip. After that, the
Motor Drive 2 can be quite "sensitive" in that most of the ones I see have
atleast 1 transistor vaporized from the flex board. My MD2 started acting
weird a few months ago and it ended up in a drawer.
Are the batteries in the OM-4 good? The 4 will not work with motor drives
(on the mechanical speeds) if there are no batteries present. Use silver
oxide for longer life. Use Eveready 357 for longest life.
John Hermanson
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike O'Rourke" <vicrattlehead_24fps@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2000 4:00 PM
Subject: [OM] OM-4/Motor Drive 2 Question
| Hi Everyone,
| I'm a brand new member and I have a question. Tom
| Scales helped me out with some good info., but I'm
| wondering if anyone else can help.
|
| I recently inherited an OM-4, OM-2, and a ton of
| accessories for both cameras. I'm having a hard time
| getting the Motor Drive 2 to run the OM-4 (I have
| fresh batteries in the drive, camera body, and control
| grip). I read today, that the OM-4 will run on motor
| drive above shutter speeds of 1/500. Is this true?
| I'm going to try it when I get home from work tonight,
| but does anyone have a good deal of experience w/ the
| OM-4 on motor drive, that can give me a good
| education?
|
| Thanks for your time!
| -Mike O'Rourke
|
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