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[Evisc]

Suddenly discovered that the shutter of my OM didn't work. Upon pressing the release the mirror went up but the shutter didn't move at all. I assumed this was a matter of low battery, and when I changed the batts the manual exp did indeed work. The

[Lucas]

Is it working on manual ? I have one that works fine on manual and is confused on auto As OM2 is no fun to work on ( too much electronics stuff) I decided to leave it alone and keep it as a OM 1 without the battery issue.

[Rick_oleson]

You are testing it with film in it, right?  Don't forget the OM2's OTF auto metering will give long exposures if it's staring at a black pressure plate!
 
As for voltage, the OM2 won't fire if it's too low, so you don't have to worr

[Evisc]

Did forget that oleson, should do my homework... Will test it with film and see if it sings truer.
 
Thanks!