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Re: [OM] Exposure compensation on snow

Subject: Re: [OM] Exposure compensation on snow
From: Garth Wood <garth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 10:17:23 -0700
At 01:12 PM 11/30/99 +0000, Noel Meyers wrote:
>Hi folks,
>
>I'm calling on your expertise on exposure compensation with the OM 4t.  If
>I am using the TTL metering on the OM 4t by how much do you think I should
>compensate to obtain the correct exposure?  On my old pentax system it was
>generally 1.3 stops.  
>
>Should I use the standard 2 stop setting offered by the camera?


Noel:

Well, as a Canadian (and therefore a world-acknowledged expert on "snow" of 
every conceivable description  8^> ), the OM-4 that I own has the same 
compensation button, and it generally has worked very well for me.  On the 
other hand, I frequently spot-meter off of the true subject (if it isn't the 
snow, of course), and make any guesstimates I need to after that.  If you're 
really concerned, pack a grey card around and meter off of that, then snap your 
photo (assuming, of course, that the subject you're shooting isn't fleeting).

Garth


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