Only the oldest OM-2 with center-weighted curtains will do that in auto.
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On 6/14/2012 10:44 PM, Ch Zhou wrote:
> Really? I thought all OM bodies are center-weighted.
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> EDB
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> Fernando Gonzalez Gentile
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> Yes, it is.
>
> The OM 2n on Auto mode - OTF reading is average, not center-weighted.
> Should I've had a 2s, 4, 4Ti or perhaps having switched the 2n to Manual
> mode, exposure would have shifted to the shadows a little bit.
> At the risk of burning the setting Sun too much, or blurring the shot.
> This sort of 'shooting into the Sun' sunset photographs have made me wonder
> if an average reading is, counter intuitively, more appropriate than a
> center-weighted reading. Just because it's the way we humans are blinded
> when looking at a sunset.
>
> Certainly, I'll try to lift the shadows in PS - good idea, Ken. Thanks a
> lot. Despite this scan matches the Ektachrome quite right (it's not the same
> scan I uploaded to fb, made another one after I saw too much magenta there),
> the Coolscan picked up some detail buried in the buildings 'round Piazza San
> Marco. Worth a trial !
>
> Fernando.
>
> On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 5:40 PM, Ken Norton<ken@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> It's just a hint on the dark side, but I really like this picture.
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