Uh oh. This is a little like hearing your doctor suddenly say "Hmm"
when he's giving you a check-up -- not a good sign. Yes, the cover
and screws are tight. And yes, it only beeps when the flash is on
board. It still beeps with a new set of batteries in the camera, and
with a different flash. Beeping does seem to depend on the position
of the camera. Overall, it doesn't sound very good (the situation,
that is -- the beeping sounds just fine).
Thanks.
Steve
On Thu, 6 Jan 2005, John Hermanson wrote:
>
> Welcome back. It's okay to lurk. Ask any kind of question here, someone
> will pop in and try to help. Make sure the battery cap and bottom covers
> screws of your camera are tight. If not, you could have all kinds of
> electrical problems. Does it beep only when the flash is on board? If so,
> could be a more serious problem.
>
> John Hermanson
> Camtech Photo Services, Inc.
> 21 South Lane, Huntington, NY, 11743-4714,
> 631-424-2121, www.zuiko.com
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>
> > First, by way of introduction: I just joined the mailing list a couple
> > of days ago. I was on the list for quite a while in the 90s (without
> > saying very much), but dropped off about six years ago. Around the
> > same time my photographic activity dropped off too, mostly because I
> > was changing careers and needed to focus my attention on that.
> >
> > My Olympus gear hasn't been completely idle, but it's only in the last
> > six months that I've started taking more pictures again. Now I find
> > that my OM-4T is behaving badly when I mount a flash (T-32).
> > Intermittently, the camera will start to beep (the self-timer beeping
> > sound), and occasionally break into a weird trilling, and the green
> > light in the viewfinder starts to blink. If I try to take a picture
> > while it is beeping, the mirror goes up for a couple of seconds, and
> > the the flash fires. Does this sound familiar to anyone, and is it
> > likely to be fatal? I was planning on sending it to Camtech for
> > an overhaul soon anyway (and thinking of selling it and the rest of
> > my gear afterwards -- digital is calling me), but now I don't even
> > know whether it's overhaulable. Any insights would be welcome.
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