Thank you very much for your help, John. I was mistaken
about batts; I thought 1.5v batts will produce overexposure.
What a pity!
Best regards,
Dave
John Hermanson wrote:
> A brighter focus screen will make the meter needle move even higher in the
> finder, in addition to the 2-3 stop error of the alkaline battery, causing
> even more UNDERexposure. One should use the proper power supply first, THEN
> have the meter calibrated to your focus screen of choice.
>
> John
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> From: David Irisarri Vila <valicors@xxxxxxxxxx>
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> Sent: Thursday, May 13, 1999 5:26 PM
> Subject: [OM] OM1 Batt possible solution!!!
>
> > Hello,
> > I would like to know, if it would be possible change to my OM1
> > its 1-4 focus screen for a new 2-13 (2 stops brighter) and use non
> > alkaline 1.5v batts. Or it´s a better choice to use John Hermanson´s
> > solution, in order to have 1.35v
> > Somebody knows if my Kodak KX-626 batt it´s OK for my OM1 or
> > my lightmeter is giving me wrong values.
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Dave
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