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RE: [OM] OTF in IS-3?

Subject: RE: [OM] OTF in IS-3?
From: "Per Nordenberg" <per.nordenberg@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 06:39:24 +0100
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Från: Doug Nowlin <wa5ohb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Till: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Datum: den 25 februari 1998 01:00
Ämne: Re: [OM] OTF in IS-3?


>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Ken Norton <kenorton@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
>>Light entering the viewfinder DOES effect metering.
>>
>>Ken Norton
>>
>Other than the OTF metering during exposure, light through the viewfinder
>can get to nearly all normal SLR TTL meters. Without a one way mirror in the
>viewfinder, light can go from the viewfinder to the mirror just as easily as
>from the mirror to the viewfinder. It can then travel through the partial
>mirror down into the meter. The mirror seals the viewfinder during OTF
>exposure. I am surprised that the IS-3 doesn't have OTF flash metering, but
>John H. says no. For its intended usage, it really isn't needed.
>
>Doug
>



There is a viewfinder cap provided with IS-3 that seals the viewfinder, 
although it took me a while to figure out when to use it. Obviously it should 
be used in remote control mode (only?). Unfortunately I seem to have misplaced 
mine though. Can it be bought separately?

Per Nordenberg


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