I haven't run films through either camera yet but I recently acquired a mint OM2n body to join another one I had which needs a new rewind spindle (busted spring).
First thing I noticed was the shutter (bear in mind I hadn't sat down and read the manual at this stage! - I have a LOT of cameras). When I tried to fire the shutter on the new body it wouldn't operate....just locked up the mirror and only fired when I moved the selector to Check/Reset. It wasn't until I read the manual that I realised this is correct...the shutter doesn't fire at all without batteries. so I popped a pair in and bingo, all good.
But the body I already had (which has an earlier serial number and some very minor cosmetic differences - for example the B in the B LOCK descriptor on the lens mount is red as opposed to black on the newer body) works slightly differently. It fires without batteries at ALL settings of the selector lever (Manual, Auto or Off) but at what seems to be a single speed, I'm guessing around 1/125th - none of the mirror lock-up business. And when I put batteries in, it seems to meter and fire properly at all speeds.
So my question is, is this a 'fault' with the earlier body (hopefully not one that affects its use) or have other folk with OM2Ns seen similar behaviour on their cameras?
First thing I noticed was the shutter (bear in mind I hadn't sat down and read the manual at this stage! - I have a LOT of cameras). When I tried to fire the shutter on the new body it wouldn't operate....just locked up the mirror and only fired when I moved the selector to Check/Reset. It wasn't until I read the manual that I realised this is correct...the shutter doesn't fire at all without batteries. so I popped a pair in and bingo, all good.
But the body I already had (which has an earlier serial number and some very minor cosmetic differences - for example the B in the B LOCK descriptor on the lens mount is red as opposed to black on the newer body) works slightly differently. It fires without batteries at ALL settings of the selector lever (Manual, Auto or Off) but at what seems to be a single speed, I'm guessing around 1/125th - none of the mirror lock-up business. And when I put batteries in, it seems to meter and fire properly at all speeds.
So my question is, is this a 'fault' with the earlier body (hopefully not one that affects its use) or have other folk with OM2Ns seen similar behaviour on their cameras?