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Re: [OM] Pictures at the beach question

Subject: Re: [OM] Pictures at the beach question
From: Thomas Haegin <haegint@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2003 23:15:42 +0200 (CEST)
Jeff,
thanks for correcting me on that one. Now re-reading
my own scribble it looks to me as if I was the one who
had a margarita too many when I wrote it...

Luckily there were other more educationally endowed
members on the list that provided Albert with a
cohesive answer.

Thomas

 --- Jeff Keller <jrk_om@xxxxxxxxxxx> schrieb: 
> Albert uses an OM1 so besides setting a +1 or +2
> compensation be careful
> about ambient light leaking in through the eyepiece
> which skews the
> reading (especially for eyeglass wearers). Forget
> about trying to set it
> on Auto unless you've had a few too many margaritas
> while laying around
> in the sun watching the sights ...
> 
> -jeff
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Thomas Haegin" <haegint@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Albert,
> 
> if your main subject is surrounded by very bright
> light, you rather need to take *longer* exposure in
> order to get better details on the main subject. So
> you need to set the ring to +1 (and have another one
> at +2 if you can spend the film) on your OM on
> "Auto".


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