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Re: [OM] 16mm f3.5 Fisheye metering

Subject: Re: [OM] 16mm f3.5 Fisheye metering
From: "Barry B. Bean" <bbbean@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 21:05:45 -0500 (CDT)
On Tue, 24 Oct 2000 20:20:05 -0400, Michael Virsinger wrote:

>I just bought a new 16mm f3.5 fisheye lens and have a question for the group:
>
>I'll be using this on an OM1n and remember reading somewhere that you cannot 
>use the internal meter with this lens. Is it consistently off a stop or two 
>allowing for compensation or is an external light meter necessary? 

I suspect you're getting it confused with the 8mm fisheye, which
doesn't cover the enytire frame, and "fooling" the light meter.

fwiw, I meter normally with my 16mm, and my exposures are as right
with it as with any lens.
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