Hi,
I was just about to leave for a pool billiart tournament with my OM-4Ti, 90mm
and B-300, no flash but HP5 pushed to 1600, when I noticed a weird problem with
the body. Left it home, took my spare OM-3 and crapped out whole series of
shots because I'm too darn used to half-automatic now :-S I can't believe how
stupid I've been.
I thought there was something funny going on when the mirror went up, but the
shutter curtains didn't budge. Just like when the self-timer is on, but
without the beeps. *Obviously* this is normal behaviour for a camera with an
electronically controlled shutter... when the batteries are dead. Having used
all-mechanical OMs for over 10 years before the 2 years with this OM-4Ti, I
never actually encountered this behaviour: when the battery check light started
strobing, I'd exchange the batteries and that's it.
It's the second time I thought that I'd abused this body past the breaking
point, and it proved me more stupid than its designer :-) Maybe I'd better
cancel my plans for 6x6 and go straight to a digicam cell phone instead :-)
Peter.
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