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RE: [OM] Manual Oly SLR with shutter above 1/2000 sec??

Subject: RE: [OM] Manual Oly SLR with shutter above 1/2000 sec??
From: Mark Dickinson <Mark.Dickinson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 26 Oct 1998 13:55:41 -0000
Why not try neutral density filters? They would be a lot cheaper than
replacing your entire system if you only want the faster shutter speeds for
narrow depth of field in bright light and not for freezing extremely fast
subjects.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sean Chan [SMTP:sean@xxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Monday, October 26, 1998 12:39 PM
> To:   olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject:      Re: [OM] Manual Oly SLR with shutter above 1/2000 sec??
> 
> > The 3 and 4 do 1/2000. Sean, what film speed are you using? If
> > using 64 ASA,
> > that's f16 @ 1/60, or f2.8 @ 1/2000 in bright sun. That doesn't give
> much
> > depth of field.
> >
> > Foxy
> 
> Yes I'm aware the 3 and 4 do 1/2000...I was looking for above that
> (1/4000+).
> Reason for my question was a few weeks ago I had an ISO 100 film put in my
> OM-4Ti with a 50mm F1.4 (which happened to be set at the largest
> aperture).
> Perth had a beautiful sunny cloudless day and I was keen to take some
> pictures
> of my mum's roses.
> 
> Anyway, even before I stepped out of the door, my camera started
> beeping...I
> looked through the viewfinder and it said that it was overexposed!! Not
> having
> done manual photography for a very long time (which was the reason why I
> bought
> the OM-4Ti...to re-learn "proper" photography) I was surprised that with
> an
> ISO
> 100 film, and 1/2000 capable camera would complain of overexposure. Fair
> enough
> F1.4 is quite wide, but I had to stop it down till F4 before the meter
> would
> stop beeping (i.e. 1/2000 -> 1/1000 sec). Note that I wasn't even pointing
> the
> camera to the sunlight. Two possibilities, either my camera meter was
> stuffed or
> I had very bad judgement. After asking a few questions on the newsgroups,
> the
> conclusion was "I had bad judgement" :-).
> 
> Anyway, since then I realised the practicalities of high speed shuttered
> cameras
> which I could never see before (except for sports). All in all, with ISO
> 100,
> 1/2000 sec and F4, my mum's rose came out quite well, however I wished I
> could
> have played with the depth of field a little more.
> 
> Sean
> P.S. W.R.T. the topic of OM-4Ti, yes the champagne coloured one does have
> a
>      coating...and like Gary Reese of Las Vegas, I like this colour too...
>      sorta brings out the "feminine" side of me :-) (YES I'M JOKING!!)
> --
> Sean H.Y. Chan (sean@xxxxxxxxxx)
> IT Consultant
> DSM Group Pty. Ltd.          +61 414 467-077 (M)
> PO Box 1493, West Perth, 6872, WESTERN AUSTRALIA
> 
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