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Re: [OM] Starter camera -- OM-G -- thou art disparaging my camera!

Subject: Re: [OM] Starter camera -- OM-G -- thou art disparaging my camera!
From: Thomas Heide Clausen <T.Clausen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 27 May 2003 02:59:45 +0200
On Mon, 26 May 2003 19:28:43 -0500
"Tom Albright" <n5ksk3@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Wayne Culberson" <waynecul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > Still, it is nice to have that little needle in the OM1, which
> > indicates how much you over/underexpose when "twiddeling the
> > knobs" on the outside of the camera. The procedure of looking
> > through the viewfinder, getting a reading of the light-meter,
> > taking the camera from the eye to "twiddle the knobs" and then
> > back to compose just seems silly. However that is how it is in
> > manual mode OM10-20-30-40.
> >
> > In my not so humble opinion, the build-in meter on the
> > 10-20-30-40 us almost useless for manual exposure mode, since it
> > causes that silly movement of the camera from the eye to check
> > how the "knobs" have been "tweedled".
> 
> I can't disagree at all!  My main use right now is
> aperture-priority daylight or manual flash.  Basic settings.  The
> numerical light meter gives me an indication of when I don't have
> "enough" light.  That's when I switch to tripod or some reasonable
> substitute.  I find that anything above the "1" gives me something
> to work with.  Is the OM-1 needle sensitive in that range?

I have no idea how to quantify that, actually. Anyone?

> 
> > The double-digits, I guess, were designed for being primarilly
> > used in apeture-priority auto mode, where the feedback in the
> > viewfinder(the shutter speed selected by the camera) is
> > absolutely appropriate.
> >
> 
> Hm.  The only real use is knowing when to switch to flash or
> tripod.  Or way, way, overexposed!  Auto-ap works pretty good for
> casual shooting.
> 

Yup yup. A real hit is the apture priority on the OM40 with "esp"
enabled. It's almost an "on-demand spotmeter" that works well in
getting backlight situations "right". My "casual shooting" is with
apeture priority on the OM40 (slides) or an OM20 (b/w). For that,
they are really  excellent.

Case in point: the viewfinder info in the double-digits in apeture
priority is for all intends and purposes identical with the
viewfinder of the OM2/2s/4 in apeture priority.

> >However, I find now that I use an OM2s almost
> > exclusively, and about 950f the time in manual mode. I think I
> > can get equally good pictures with most any of the OM bodies, but
> > some are a lot more fun and easier to use.
> > Wayne
> >
> 
> You guys are going to convince me to buy a 3Ti before this is
> over...

Drat, he's on to us...quickly, someone prepare a cover-up story :)

--thomas

> 
> - Tom
> 
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