>Brice1021 wrote:
>
>> Even though I can't find it written anywhere in a manual
>> or brochure, it looks like the shadow button is -2 2/3 stops and the
>> highlight is +2 stops.
>
>John Prosper wrote:
>
>> This is exactly right, and it is documented ... somewhere ... probably
>> in an old Modern Photography review.
>
>That was the May 1984 MP review. It said the shadow compensation was -2 1/3
>stops and highlight +2 stops. Ever since then I knew the trick for doing it
>with the spot meter in the OM-2S.
>
>Gary Reese
>Las Vegas, NV
Gray cards are such great simple tools. You can verify for your own camera
by pointing the meter at a gray card and taking a meter reading. Then take
a reading each with the highlight and with the shadow buttons. You can read
off the meter scale the change in setting.
Winsor
Winsor Crosby
Long Beach, California
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