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Re: [OM] OM-5D, part II, Winter Pear Orchard

Subject: Re: [OM] OM-5D, part II, Winter Pear Orchard
From: Joel Wilcox <jfwilcox@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 13:38:08 -0600
Well, the only meter reading I guess that I would have trusted for any
of those shots anyway is something like the E-system's "highlight
spot" reading.

Joel W.

On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 1:10 PM, iwert bernakiewicz <zuikooh@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I don't know. It might be that I'm too high on the zuiko's right now,
> but I see much less inconsistency than with the E-bodies. I use the
> "evaluative whatever c*non metering" and not center weighted, maybe
> that's a difference? I have to admit that I used manual mode most of
> the time in the snow, and for the night shots I dial in -1 to -2 stop
> when wide open, just because I like them dark as dark is. I haven't
> had the time yet in normal circumstances (daylight) to really use the
> camera.
>
> Iwert
>
> 2009/1/21 Johnny Johnson <jjohnso4@xxxxxxxxxx>:
>> At 08:22 AM 1/21/2009, Joel Wilcox wrote:
>>
>>>That was fun to look at, Iwert.  It looks like you shot fairly wide
>>>open most of the time.  Is that correct?  I'm wondering if, aside from
>>>darkening, there is the same non-linearity in the metering system that
>>>one gets with a Zuiko on an E-system camera.
>>
>> Hi Joel,
>>
>> I saw that Iwert answered in the negative in a follow up Email but
>> that doesn't agree with my experience.  I've found that with my 5D
>> the error varies with both the lens and the particular f/stop being
>> used.  For example, with the 24/2.8 OM, mine over exposes by 2/3 stop
>> from f2.8 to f8 and then by 1/3 stop at f11.  With the 50/1.4 Zeiss
>> the exposure is +2/3 stop at f1.4 and right on the money from f2
>> through f11.  But, as shown by Iwert's comments YMMV.
>>
>> Later,
>> Johnny
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