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Subject: [OM] Re: OM1 light meter
From: "Simon Worby" <simon@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 18:23:50 -0000
Der Eiserne Reiter wrote:

> a small question that I wanted to ask for a while: On my work-horse,
> an OM1, the light-meter is sensitive to the light entering the eye
> piece. In other words, when my eye gets closer to the ocular, the
> light meter will react, going down by about 1 stop when the ocular
> is covered. The camera is in very good shape, and was claimed to
> have been CLA'ed when I bought it on the bay about 2 years ago.
>
> Is this normal ?

Absolutely. It can make a significant difference, even though the CdS
cells face forward.

Use one of the eye cups to overcome the issue.

Regards,

Simon
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