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Re: [OM] Use Series 2 or Beattie screens with OM-1n or 2n?

Subject: Re: [OM] Use Series 2 or Beattie screens with OM-1n or 2n?
From: Skip Williams <skipwilliams@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 13:42:52 -0400
Cc: omtech@xxxxxxxxx
John,

What about the 20/20 Brightscreen?   Any feedback and metering errors here?

Also, is there any practical difference between the 3 bright screens
(Beattle, 20/20 Brightscreen, and Olympus 2-x)?

Skip

At 5/27/99 08:39 AM  -0400, you wrote:
>After the partial tab cutting, the 2-X  screens will cause a meter error of
>about 1/2 stop.  Auto speeds in the 2/2N are unaffected.  Beattie screen
>bring about the same meter error.
>
>John
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>From: Skip Williams <skipwilliams@xxxxxxxxx>
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>Subject: [OM] Use Series 2 or Beattie screens with OM-1n or 2n?
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>
>> I've heard and read several threads regarding the new 2-x screens. My
>> questions:
>>
>> 1. Is it true that they will give unpredictable meter readings on an OM-1
>> and OM-2?  Or is it just that a physical modification is required to get
>> them to fit?
>>
>> 2. Will Beattie screens also result in false meter readings on an OM-1?
>>
>> 3. I have a Beattie now, and love it on my OM-4.  Any comparisons between
>> the Beattie and Oly 2-x?
>>
>>
>> Skip
>>
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