Hi Mark,
Your OM-2n is dead without battery. The camera still fires when it is off
as the OM designers thought that it's better to lose a frame than to lose a
picture.
Regards,
Kam
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark A. Thalman" <markt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, October 20, 2000 9:25 PM
Subject: [OM] OM-2n 'off' shutter speed.
> Greetings,
>
> I recently purchased an OM-2n from a lista and noticed that with the film
> advanced to the next frame and the camera 'off' the shutter will still
> release. This is a nice feature so that I will be able to shoot with dead
> batteries in the winter. Since I have no users' manual I have been
> wondering if anyone knows the shutter speed the camera chooses with the
> camera off?
>
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> Mark Thalman, markt@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Computers! All they think of is HEX!
>
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