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Re: [OM] f.a.q on OM 4 & OM 4Ti

Subject: Re: [OM] f.a.q on OM 4 & OM 4Ti
From: John Hermanson <omtech1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 06 Jul 2009 18:37:41 -0400
Caps are identical threads, and you should have ONLY chrome battery caps 
on your plain 4, 4T and 4Ti.  NO BLACK BATTERY CAPS PLEASE>
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Fernando Gonzalez Gentile wrote:
> Well, it was quite foreseeable that I would start a thread like this one.
> 
> I'll begin with the easy ones:
> 
> 1- While changing the winder from the 4 to the 4Ti, I removed the chrome 
> cap on the 4Ti and found that it would not screw easily on the 4 body. I 
> somehow recall having read something on this here, long ago. Just wanted 
> to be sure: the chrome cap won't screw on a 4 body, and the black cap 
> won't screw on the 4Ti body. Am I right?. OTOH, battery caps are 
> interchangeable.
> 
> 2- I felt surprised by this one, never read of it here and it's not 
> mentioned in the Manual of the 4Ti: after the winder2 was attached and 
> working, I set the shutter speed dial to red 1/60 and to B. I fired on 
> Sequence mode while looking at the shutter curtain. Both curtains seem 
> to travel together, I could see no light through, at mechanical 1/60. 
> But if I fire using the camera's shutter release button, it appears to 
> be alright. Didn't try yet, my other winder in on my best OM 2n, but I'm 
> almost sure that if I shoot in Sequence mode with shutter speed dial at 
> B, the shutter would remain open. It's too late for me now to try this, 
> and perhaps unnecessary. I remain surprised by the shutter at red 1/60 
> doesn't open when triggered by the winder2.
> 
> 3- more to come, sorry list - I know you're busy in the digital age.
> 
> ;-)
> 
> Fernando.
> 
> 
> 
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