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Subject: Re: [OM] Olympus
From: Frank Ernens <fgernens@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 15:50:36 +1100
Jerry Dean wrote:
 
> I am still hung between purchasing a OM4Ti or a
> Contax Aria.

Those two, and the Leica, are IMO the best new manual focus cameras.
I think the Aria is a better camera, but consider the cost of the
lenses. Also, you can fit manual Pentax lenses to AF Pentaxes, ditto
manual Nikkors to AF Nikons, albeit losing aperture display in the
viewfinder and some little-used metering.

> I don't really care for
> the OM10 body, I am interested in the OM4Ti metering, although I am
> wondering if the multi spot metering would be similar to evalutive
> metering.

Spot metering is a manual operation which requires knowledge
and understanding. See, e.g., John Shaw's books. The Contax has
it, and the OM-4 has it in an (IMO) less convenient form; some
people who like to use different spot metering methods than I do
prefer the OM-4. Evaluative metering means combining meter
readings from different parts of the picture using a simple formula.
Matrix metering (Nikon) is much more complex and IMO less useful,
as I explained in a recent post on the F5. Centre weighting is
similar to evaluative metering but analogue, with a smooth
progression between zones; they are functionally the same.
Partial metering, which you have in your Canon, is a weakened
form of spot metering (bigger spot!) which is in some circumstances
more useful. The multispot metering in the OM-4 can be inconveniently
used to emulate partial metering. The OM-4 lacks an exposure
lock for centre-weighting, but has it for spot.

> I have a ElanIIe system I am selling, I also have a OM10,
> with the Zuiko 28 2.8,50 1.4 and the 135 3.5.

The value of the OM gear you have is less than that of either
an Aria, an OM-4Ti, or a Zeiss zoom, so really you are not locked
into Olympus as I am.


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