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Re: [OM] OM-2S Meter Question

Subject: Re: [OM] OM-2S Meter Question
From: Joel Wilcox <jowilcox@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 1998 21:50:04 -0600
Gary,

Thanks for your explanation. I think I'll be better off just using the spot
meter on this camera!  

I actually like verticals a lot. Most tripods tend to discourage them I find.

Joel

At 01:58 PM 3/19/1998 EST, you wrote:
>Hi Joel:
>
>Sorry, I wanted to say auto mode rather than "averaging" mode.
>
>I didn't say "bottom-weighted" but rather "center bottom-weighted."  It is
>hard to define when you can't see the diagram (which is in the original OM-2S
>review in Popular Photography - of which I don't have the date of
>publication).  It basically means the strongest sensitivity is in the bottom
>center of the viewfinder (when held horizontally) with progressively less
>sensitivity towards the corners.  The upper corners and top of the frame have
>no sensitivity and the bottom corners some.  Hold the camera in vertical and
>the bottom center-weighted sensitivity is towards the baseplate - not exactly
>an ideal situation.  But then too many photographers have been shown to have
>horizontalitis (i.e., they rarely if even think to hold the camera vertical).
>
>Gary Reese
>Las Vegas, NV
>


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