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Re: [OM] Olympus Calendar

Subject: Re: [OM] Olympus Calendar
From: Winsor Crosby <wincros@xxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 1998 19:53:16 -0800
>From some of the articles on films that discuss reciprocity failure, it
seems to be quite severe with Kodak films. I think he said he was using
Fuji and several articles I have seen indicate that although there is some
reciprocity failure with Fuji, it is extremely small compared with other
films. It also does not seem to have the gross color shifts that some of
the other films have.

Winsor

>At 15:06 2/02/98 +0300, Omer Nezih GEREK wrote:
>
>>As for the metering system of OM's, does center weighted
>>average metering underexpose at very low light intensity levels?
>>Surprisingly, the slides at dusk and dawn are perfectly exposed
>>with slight underexposure (the overall intensity is lower than
>>an average gray) which gives an excellent feeling. The metering
>>of OM2N and OM4T (the ones I have) never disappointed me.
>>Now and then, I never think about any rules of thumb, including
>>the sunny 16 rule. I just rely on the metering (including the
>>spotmetering for some situations) of the OM's.
>
>Others will no doubt weigh in with a definitive reply, but I think what you
>are seeing is 'reciprocity failure'.  At low light levels the film fails to
>follow the [half the light twice the time] rules, and therefore needs more
>exposure.  Not the fault of the camera but the fault of the film.
>_
>Ian  <IMS>
>                  OM Tyro - please point my lens in the right direction.
>mailto:ims@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
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