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Subject: [OM] Re: OM-4 self-timer
From: "Wayne Culberson" <waynecul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 2 Sep 2007 13:00:04 -0300
Nice shot. Reminds me of some of the scenes in the Bolivian cities, which of 
course are heavily influenced by Spanish architecture.

I don't have the OM4, but it seems the self-timer needs service. The 
self-timer on my OMPC has failed a couple times, and if I remember 
correctly, it was battery replacement that was the fix that worked for it.

Wayne


>
> Hi,
>
> we're back from three week stay in Spain (Galicia, particuralry). The
> result? Eight rolls of slides, eleven of print films. New lesson about
> OM-4 learned.
>
> The self timer seems to work only *after* winding the film ie. one has to
> wind the film and set the selftimer. If it's done in the other way around,
> the camera locks-up the mirror and opens the shutter for the time
> self-timer is active yielding severly overexposed (read: completely blank)
> frame.
>
> Nonetheless, I made a number of images I like, here's what I find as the
> best so far (don't laugh):
>
> http://grabun.com/tmp/san01.jpg
>
> -- 
> Łukasz Grabuń


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