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Subject: Re: [OM] screens
From: John Hermanson <omtech@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 06 Feb 1998 19:20:39 -0500
>From my experience I have found that the bright screens affect meter accuracy 
>by
less than 1/8 stop  if at all.

John

Kennedy wrote:

> In article , Paul Van Tuyl <olympusguy@xxxxxxxx> writes
> >You can use the 2-4 and 2-13 screens in older OM bodies, but, you have to 
> >trim
> >the ear of the screen slightly to get it align in the frame holder. Paul.
> >
> Remember that on older OM cameras, ie. OM-1 & OM-2, it will upset the
> TTL meter reading displayed in the viewfinder if you use these brighter
> screens.  The meter of the OM-4 and the OM-2s sits on the 'film side' of
> the screen and so don't care how dull or bright the screen is.  The OM-1
> and the viewfinder info and manual meter of the OM-2 sit on the 'viewing
> side' of the screen and are significantly affected by the screen
> brightness.  In the OM-1 this is easy to compensate for as an
> 'effective' film speed change for the meter, but on the OM-2 it means
> the manual and auto meters give significantly different results.
> --
> Kennedy
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