At 09:58 AM 8/1/1998 EDT, you wrote:
>Brice1021 wrote:
>
>> Even though I can't find it written anywhere in a manual
>> or brochure, it looks like the shadow button is -2 2/3 stops and the
>> highlight is +2 stops.
>
>John Prosper wrote:
>
>> This is exactly right, and it is documented ... somewhere ... probably
>> in an old Modern Photography review.
>
>That was the May 1984 MP review. It said the shadow compensation was -2 1/3
>stops and highlight +2 stops. Ever since then I knew the trick for doing it
>with the spot meter in the OM-2S.
>
>Gary Reese
>Las Vegas, NV
>
Hi Gary,
Was it -2 2/3 or -2 1/3 stops?
Would you mind explaining a bit more how you used this information with the
OM-2S? Are you saying that if keying on a highlight you would take a spot
reading and find the Zone V placement (18 0ray) for that spot and then
open up 2 stops, etc.?
Thanks,
Joel
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