At 07:46 PM 11/4/00 -0800, Gary S wrote:
>
>Keith, the Oly 35RD, much like the majority of its contemporary
>rangefinders, is meterless in Manual mode. (Same is true of the
>Canonet QL17 G-III, Minolta Hi-Matics, Oly 35RC, 35SP, etc.)
>When you switch to Manual, depressing the shutter release button
>half-way should move the needle in the VF to indicate the aperture
>value that you selected on the aperture dial.
>
>Live long and prosper (and so will your 35RD :-)),
>
Gary,
Hate to say it but you are not quite right in the above. The SP has a meter
that works in manual. You read an EV and then set that via aperture and
shutter speed combo. Check Steve Gandy's site on the SP. Been using mine
that way for years - oh and the spotmetering works that way too!
Barry H
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