On Mon, 12 Apr 1999, Ron Crabtree wrote:
|What a joy it was to merely point my OM4T at a scene,
|spot meter the most neutral area, flick my cable release and set back to let
|the meter do its work. As you know, as the light conditions changed, the
|meter adjusted the exposure perfectly. Need exposures of 3 or even 4
|minutes? No problem! I was delighted with the consistent accuracy of
|exposure when I got my transparencies back. I do not think even the Nikon F5
|has the ability to perform automatic time exposures of this length(I think
|it will only go for 30 seconds!!). I plan to go back to the area and shoot
|medium format with my Pentax 6x7, and plan to set up my Om4T side by side
|with the Pentax and let the Om4T determine the exposure. Of course, I still
|love my OM1 and OM2n, but life is soooo good with a OM4T!!
Examples like this one (of which I have many) explain why late Modern
Photography described the OM4 as the world's best spot meter---with a
built-on camera! :-)
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