Yes, the 2N does the same, so does OM-10 (with all that oil? NAH), OM-G,
OM-20, OM-PC, OM-40, OM-F, OM-30, 2S, 4, 4T, 4Ti.
John Hermanson
Camtech Photo Services, Inc.
21 South Lane, Huntington, NY, 11743-4714,
631-424-2121, www.zuiko.com
Olympus OM Service since 1977
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Fernando Gonzalez Gentile" <fgnzalez@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, February 21, 2005 10:39 PM
Subject: [OM] Re: OM-1 to OM-4T - worth an upgrade?
> Wow! At last I hear about this on the list :^)
> remember to have read about this on Modern Photog quite a few years ago.
> First time I tested this secret, with some skepticism, was on 1991 when
> studying in Paris and wanted to shoot the top of the Place de la Bastille
> monument using my 200/4 @ f32. Sun was just above the figure at the top,
> and
> although I screwed my Tamron linear pol., the E100 was to be exposed with
> the needle above on the red mark on Auto mode. To my surprise, sky
> rendered
> a saturated blue, a full stop underexposed I guess due to meter reading
> the
> Sun on a clear sky. I repeated the test with the Tour Eiffel: dark
> silouette
> on a saturated clear blue sky, 28/2.8 @ f22 + Oly linear pol. as a neutral
> density filter.
>
> John, does the 2n behave the same? I suppose it does.
> Tanks once again.
>
> Fernando.
>
>> From: "John Hermanson" <omtech@xxxxxxxxx>
>> Reply-To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
>> Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2005 11:03:42 -0500
>> To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Subject: [OM] Re: OM-1 to OM-4T - worth an upgrade?
>>
>> BTW, an OM-2 that is properly setup, set on auto, has a 'secret' top
>> shutter
>> speed of 1/2000 th. That is, if, when on auto, the needle is pointing to
>> 1000, when you open the lens one more stop, shutter will fire somewhere
>> between 1/1500 - 1/2000th.
>
>
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