Here is what you have to do to take a spot reading with one of those
wonderbricks - Nikon F601 (6006 in US)
assuming you are in auto-everything mode and wish to switch to
aperture priority and take a spot reading:
Slide aperture lock switch on lens to OFF position
Press button A and rotate dial
Press button B and rotate dial
point at the spot you want to meter and half press the shutter
release button and simultaneously slide switch C to lock the
exposure
recompose and shoot - if your subject is still on the same
continent.
Oh, and if the spot you are metering is not the same as the
bit you want in focus -
operate switch D to deactivate auto-focus and manually focus as
switch C locks the exposure and the focus.
Don't forget to reset switch C and D after you take the shot or else
all subsequent photos will be stuffed.
And you were were worried about resetting the self timer on the OM4 -
Ha!
Yes you can do some wonderful things with these wonderbricks but
shoot rings around a retro-grouch? - only where moving targets are
concerned or fancy flash modes are required I think.
The Nikon F5 has this 3D colour matrix metering - can anyone explain
why, given the latitude of most films. I have to say the matrix
metering of the F601 - which is a couple of generations out of date I
think - is pretty good, so I fail to see the supposed need for all
the metering firepower in the F5.
Now if it could meter infra red! - hey! a feature for the OM5 - or
would you need to pack a flask of liquid nitrogen?
Giles
> Usability in some applications can be tough with these new cameras.
> Checking DOF for instance isn't even available on most models. How about
> the lenses in MF mode? Talk about a cheezy feel. What about F-stop
> markings on the lens barrel next to the distance scale? Oh, you mean you
> don't have a distance scale?
>
> Part of the problem is that we are trying to use old techniques with new
> technology. When you get one of these new wonder-bricks it is vital that
> you learn photography in a whole new way. It is no longer technique
> oriented, but technology oriented. This is not a judgement call, just
> describing the facts as I see them. My IS-3 is great at certain types of
> photography and I can do a few things with it I can't with any OM. However
> for many types of photography I know exactly what needs to be set and how to
> set it without spending five minutes reprogramming the camera to make it
> possible. Time spent configuring the camera to take a picture might better
> be used actually taking the picture. But once set, the wonder-brick will
> probably shoot circles around a retro-grouch camera.
>
> Ken N.
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