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Re: [OM] OM2 w T-32 was (Fwd) OM-2 Meter

Subject: Re: [OM] OM2 w T-32 was (Fwd) OM-2 Meter
From: "Keith (R.K.) Berry" <keith_r.k.berry@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 17 Oct 1999 16:40:35 +0100
Richard Ross wrote:
>...Thinking about it, if in the case of the OM2 the metering pattern were
>determined by the pattern on the shutter curtain what happens during long
>OTF exposures?  Film doesn't have the same reflectance pattern, so OTF
>metering would become average instead of centre-weighted.  I'm with Chip on
>this one.

The same thing must apply to ESP metering on the OM-40 with longer than
'instantaneous' exposures. Looks like you'd have to switch to manual and set
the indicated speed for an exposure of longer than 1/30th(?) to make use of
centre weighting or ESP.

Regards,
Keith Berry (Birmingham, England)
keith_r.k.berry@xxxxxxxxxx
http://homepages.which.net/~k.berry


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