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Re: [OM] OM4Ti spot metering

Subject: Re: [OM] OM4Ti spot metering
From: Andre Goforth <goforth@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 13:03:50 -0800
Thank you George! Yep that's it. Steve,who asked me for the post,I found a
hard copy of it and was figuring on faxing to you. But you can have the
email version thanks to George.

Andre


George wrote:

>Andre Goforth wrote:
>>
>> I use it a lot. In fact most of the time. A year or so ago someone posted
>> how they used the 4Ts multiple spot metering to approximate the "zone"
>> system. Well, I adopted the approach because it is so straight forward.
>
>Andre, it was me who posted that.  Very glad you found it useful.
>It's copied below in case anyone else might have use for it.
>
>>
>> The other bit of advice the post had was that the individual put a 200mm
>> lens on  a spare 4T and used that as a poor man's 1 degree spot meter.
>
>I actually got this idea from someone else on the list. I had been using
>my 65-200/4, which is too much extra weight. The 200/5 w/4T makes a
>great lightweight spotmeter.  Well, it is heavier than most spotmeters,
>but it can also take pictures!
>I might add that, given the price of a 4T and a lens compared to a
>spotmeter, this could probably be called a rich man's spotmeter! :>)
>
>George
>
>

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