Most manufacturers allow atleast plus/minus 1/2 stop in meter & shutter
speed accuracy. I remember doing incoming inspection on new Nikon F2s in
the late 70s. Nikons factory tolerance on the high shutter speeds was plus
or minus 1 full stop.
John
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----- Original Message -----
From: Morgan Sparks <msparks@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 1999 11:35 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] Re: Exposure meter corrections
> MorrisMini@xxxxxxx wrote:
> >Shaw says almost all camera manufactures
> >err heavily on the over-exposure side in their specs. His personal
>cameras (Nikons) are all different, but settings of 50 for ISO 25 film
> >(a full stop) are right in the ballpark.
>
> Conversely, most of the better SLR's I've owned seem (to me) optimized
> for slide film. I think most camera makers first metering criterium is
> (or was) to prevent highlight loss with slides. All the cameras I've
> had from the "classic" period----Konicas, K-1000's, AE-1's, SRT's and
> most notably my OM-2s in "auto", will start to decrease exposure rapidly
> if they pick up any bright highlights. If it's sunny out, I set the
> exposure compensation dial to +1/3 as a starting point with Kodachrome,
> or on "spot" with the 2s.
>
> Morgan Sparks
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