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Re: [OM]OM4 viewfinder question

Subject: Re: [OM]OM4 viewfinder question
From: Frank Ernens <fgernens@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 08:11:40 +1100
Tatu Laitinen wrote

> In Nikon F3 the metering cell is placed under the mirror very similary
> as in my OM4. This seems the make the small curtain on viewfinder window
> obsolete as the incoming light can't make its way thru the mirror that
> is pressed onto the light baffles under the pentaprism and the screen.

Except for flash, the F3 measures the light before exposure, unlike
the OM-4, so it needs the light blocked off to get an accurate
reading.



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