Ron
This subject generated much animated discussion earlier this year (or
late last year). I think that the upshot was: it's all right really.
Try the archives for the views then.
Chris
~~~~~ Ron Crabtree said:
>Thanks to all who visited my web site and for the kind comments.
>
>I have two OM questions,
>
>1) I recently purchased a used OM2sp. It works just fine in terms of
>exposure, but the shutter speed indicator in the viewfinder is way off. It
>seems to indicate a shutter speed that is several stops too slow(often
>1/2 -1/15 second when I know that it should be 1/60 or more), but the actual
>speed when I click the shutter is apparently accurate since the exposures
>are dead on when I process the slides. PLEASE tell me this is not a fatal
>and unfixable board defect!!!! The camera works great, but I never really
>know what my real shutter speed is unless I have another body near by to
>meter with.
>
>2) I need to make 35mm slides of 6x7 transparencies to fit in my scanner. I
>do not have any OM extension tubes or bellows, but do have a 50mm 1.4, 28mm
>2.8 and 100mm 2.8 OM lenses. My question is what extension tube(s) and what
>lens should I use to create 35mm slides from the 6x7 transparencies? I plan
>to mount the setup on a tripod and shoot using the light from my light table
>shining through the 6x7 slides.
>
>Thanks!
>
>Ron Crabtree
>Santa Fe, NM
>
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