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Re: [OM] Slot canyon help and low light spot metering

Subject: Re: [OM] Slot canyon help and low light spot metering
From: "George M. Anderson" <george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 09:53:09 -0700
Warren;

WKato@xxxxxxx wrote:
> 
> I think with the OM4 once you take your spot measurements that exposure
> reading is memorized.

The reading is gone after you take the shot unless you pushed the memory
button before you took the shot.


George

 OTF metering only comes into play when using flash or
> averaging metering. I think a previous poster had used his OM4 as a meter,
> without film, to time the shutter for his P67 and the results were fine. My
> guess is that he used spot or spot averaging. If he had used auto (center
> weighted), he would have had a couple of stops of overexposure due to the
> exposure reading off of the pressure plate. But in slot canyons who knows.
> 
> Warren
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