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Re: [OM] OM-1 Spotmeter

Subject: Re: [OM] OM-1 Spotmeter
From: "Franklin A. Berryman" <rumford@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 21:07:48 -0500
Perhaps, I wasn't really yhat clear.  Anyway to modify the OM-1 so it meters 
like a OM-2S in
manual mode?!?!?

Garth Wood wrote:

> 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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