Set it to manual, center the needle, then close the lens one stop for
your -1 underexposure.
John Hermanson
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Hans van Veluwen" <hcvanveluwen@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, March 03, 2001 8:59 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] OM-2n at EI 1600??
| : Is it possible to tune an OM-2 meter to -1.0 stops? I like to shoot at
| : concerts and want to use the 1600 speed film. Since the OM-2 lacks a
spot
| : meter, I have to set the exposure compensation dial to -1EV to fool the
| : averaging meter into ignoring the black background. (On the OM2, you
can't
| : set the speed to 1600 then dial in -1.)
| :
| : Go to manual you say? That's not an option in concert photography with
the
| : OM2 since the backgrounds are completely black, meaning the OM2's analog
| : black scale is completely unusable.
|
|
|
| How about buying a (used) hand-held spot meter and switch to manual mode?
| Or buy a (used) OM-2SP / OM-3 / OM-4 / OM-4Ti ?
| Even an OM-40 with ESP might work.
|
| This retuning of the OM-2 meter for -1 stop may be possible, but then you
can
| only use it for concerts, and specifically only for shots with dark
backgrounds.
| For close-ups with an artist filling the frame you probably don't want -1
| correction...
|
| hnz
|
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