> Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2003 00:17:15 +0100
> From: Klaus Elmquist Nielsen <klaus.elmquist@xxxxxxxxxx>
> For tripod work I used my OM-*Ti with a 50mm/f3.5 macro and Fuji 64T in the
> Tivoli gardens. Very nice film. The only problem was that the batteries went
> flat quickly because of the cold, so the spot meter was tricky to use. I had
> about a second to read the meter when turning on the internal lighting before
> the light _and_ the meter went out again. :-)
As I've often been shooting in Ottawa, where I grew up, I've also had to
contend with low temperature shooting. In January at dawn it's often in the
-20C range. Not extreme cold, but I don't even really trust my OM-1 at that
temperature due to battery chill (besides, most things are white, so
metering has to be done carefully). Fortunately everything else still works,
so I use the L-398. Doesn't even *have* batteries.
> It is interesting to compare the out-of-focus images made with the L-word
> M6 with a E*M*R-M 50mm/f2.8 and the OM-*Ti with a 50mm/f3.5 macro.
> The Zuiko is much nicer with completely round ouf-of-focus images whereas
> the L-word lens produced five or six sided polygons.
Interesting - I got hexagons with my 50/3.5 - I'll have to see whether I
kept the slide, or maybe run more tests when there are living things outside
again. :-) Or test inside.
Andrew
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