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Re: [OM] John Hermanson intro for the OM newbies

Subject: Re: [OM] John Hermanson intro for the OM newbies
From: John Hermanson <omtech1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2012 17:33:20 -0400
center weighted auto from 1/45th second to 1/1000.

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On 6/15/2012 6:56 AM, Walters, Martin wrote:
> I thought that when the OMs actually read off the film in auto mode (at slow 
> speeds), the metering is average as film doesn't have the c-w pattern seen on 
> the shutter curtain.
>
> Martin
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Hermanson [mailto:omtech1@xxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Friday, June 15, 2012 6:37 AM
> To: Olympus Camera Discussion
> Subject: Re: [OM] John Hermanson intro for the OM newbies
>
> Only the oldest OM-2 with center-weighted curtains will do that in auto.
>
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> Gallery: www.zuiko.com/album/index.html
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> On 6/14/2012 10:44 PM, Ch Zhou wrote:
>> Really? I thought all OM bodies are center-weighted.
>>
>> EDB
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: olympus-bounces+perimeterbow=163.com@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:olympus-bounces+perimeterbow=163.com@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
>> Behalf Of Fernando Gonzalez Gentile
>> Sent: June 12, 2012 8:04 PM
>> To: Olympus Camera Discussion
>> Subject: Re: [OM] John Hermanson intro for the OM newbies
>>
>> 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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