It's probably a meter ground problem, frayed meter wire, dirty meter switch.
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John Hermanson
Camtech Photo Services, Inc.
21 South Lane, Huntington NY 11743-4714
631-424-2121 www.zuiko.com
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Wilcox, Joel F" <joel-wilcox@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, June 07, 2004 5:34 PM
Subject: [OM] Re: ON-2N and battery failure
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > on 7/06/2004 12:50, Wilcox, Joel F at joel-wilcox@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> >
> > > What seems to have happened is that the meter went haywire
> > in some stage
> > > of battery failure prior even to the shutter starting to
> > lock up. Who
> > > ever heard of that?
> > >
> > > Joel W.
> > Me.
> > IMHO (hope to read more expert diagnostics soon), it's not a
> > battery failure
> > but a meter needle problem, that is on some part of the
> > circuit that governs
> > the needle.
>
> Thanks. I will watch the meter for jitters. Sounds more like a
> coincidence that the batteries were failing rather than a cause.
>
> It's a good camera although I'm more of an OM-2S person. I got the
> OM-2N because it is by reputation on this list the greatest camera ever
> made with an analog display, but I still like the OM-2S and it's dying
> LCD and its battery-chugging circuit. The SUV of all OMs.
>
> Joel W.
>
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