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Re: [OM] OM-1 Spotmeter

Subject: Re: [OM] OM-1 Spotmeter
From: Garth Wood <garth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 20:41:47 -0600
At 06:17 PM 10/16/2000 -0500, you wrote:
>This is a technical question probably best answered by John H., but here goes:
>
>Is there anyway to modify an OM-1/1n to reduce the area the meter reads so that
>it spot meters?  As I understand it, the meter is center weighted and reads off
>the pentaprism.  Anyway to reduced the angle of  view so that it meters off a
>just the microprism area?


Mount a telephoto on it.

Honest, I'm not kidding.  The problem, of course, is that this method is slow 
and awkward...

Garth


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